He Guoqiang?will no longer serve as the
head of the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China
(CPC) Central Committee, according to a CPC Central Committee
decision.
He Guoqiang has been elected member of the Standing Committee of
the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of
the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), at the
first plenary session of the 17th CPC Central Committee early this
week.
Li Yuanchao?takes over as the new head of
the Organization Department and no longer serves as the secretary
of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the CPC.
Li Yuanchao, 56, ethnic Han, a doctorate on Laws, began working
in November 1968 and joined the CPC in March 1978.
He was recognized for narrowing the urban-rural gap during his
tenure as Party secretary of Nanjing City and Jiangsu Province. He
once served as deputy Minister of Culture and vice director of the
Information Office of the State Council.
Liang Baohua, now governor of east China's Jiangsu Province,
becomes the province's new Party chief.
(Xinhua News Agency October 26, 2007)