In Washington, D.C. he conferred with senior administration officials such as the National Security Council about issues such as alleged Chinese hacking activities and censorship.

In Silicon Valley, he was greeted warmly by the top management of major firms such as Apple, Facebook, and eBay.

[12] Lu suddenly stepped down from his post at the Cyberspace Administration of China in June 2016, for unknown reasons.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said Lu was “arbitrary and tyrannical”, abused his power for personal gain and pretended to follow the rules.

Other offences included using all means to build personal fame, making false and anonymous accusations against others, deceiving the top Communist leadership, extreme disloyalty, duplicity, trading power for sex, improper discussion of the party and a lack of self-control.

[8] On October 19, 2018, the Ningbo Intermediate People's Court heard Lu Wei's bribery case.