The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Sunday?announced the latest
reshuffle of provincial leadership as the Party gears up for its
all-important national congress in October.
Xi Jinping was appointed secretary of the
Shanghai municipal Party committee on Saturday. He was Party
secretary of east China's Zhejiang Province prior to the
appointment.
Xi, 53, replaced Han Zheng, the Shanghai mayor who was also
acting Party secretary after the fall of former Party chief Chen
Liangyu.
Chen was fired last September for his alleged involvement in a
multi-billion-yuan social security fund scandal.
He Guoqiang, a member of the Political Bureau
and head of the Organization Department of the CPC Central
Committee, said on Saturday that Xi "is experienced in both Party
management and economic reform."
Xi graduated from Tsinghua University and holds a doctorate
degree in law. He was appointed secretary of the Zhejiang
provincial Party committee in November 2002 and is a member of the
16th CPC Central Committee.
In other decisions by the CPC Central Committee:
Zhao Hongzhu replaced Xi as Party chief of Zhejiang. He was
earlier the deputy head of the Organization Department of the CPC
Central Committee.
Zhao, 60, has served as vice minister of supervision.
Zhang Gaoli was appointed secretary of the
Tianjin municipal Party committee, replacing 68-year-old Zhang Lichang. He was earlier Party secretary
of east China's Shandong Province.
Zhang Gaoli, 61, a native of Jinjiang, east China's Fujian Province, graduated from the Economics
Department of Xiamen University.
He spent most of his time in Guangdong Province, serving as director of the
provincial economic commission, deputy governor, Party secretary of
Shenzhen, and deputy Party secretary of Guangdong before he was
appointed Shandong's Party chief in 2002.
Li Jianguo has been appointed secretary of the Shandong
provincial Party committee, replacing Zhang Gaoli. He was earlier
Party secretary of Shaanxi Province.
Zhao Leji replaced Li Jianguo as Shaanxi's Party chief. He was
earlier secretary of the Qinghai provincial Party committee.
Zhao, 50, is a native of Xining, Qinghai Province, and graduated
from Peking University in 1980.
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Qiang Wei has been appointed Qinghai's Party chief replacing
Zhao.
(China Daily, Xinhua News Agency March 27, 2007)