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Deputy secretary to stay in city - for now

Shanghai reappointed Mayor Han Zheng  as a Communist Party deputy secretary yesterday,  indicating he will remain in the city for now after a corruption case that led to the sacking of the city's previous party secretary.

Shanghai party secretary Xi Jinping , who took up his post only two months ago after Chen Liangyu  was removed last year for his alleged role in the scandal involving the city's pension fund, introduced his new leadership team after a party meeting.

Following other cities, Shanghai slashed the number of deputy party secretaries to two from five. There were rumours that Mr Han might not return as a deputy party secretary, pending a transfer.

'Unless they were going to move him right now, it would be impossible not to reappoint him,' a western diplomat said.

The other deputy party secretary is Yin Yicui , who was reappointed to a position she has held since 2002. Ms Yin is the only woman in the upper party leadership in Shanghai.

Shanghai also appointed 10 more members of the party's powerful standing committee. They include Shen Deyong , an outsider who came to Shanghai in December in the wake of the corruption case.

Mr Shen, now secretary of Shanghai's Commission for Discipline Inspection, was previously a vice-president of the Supreme People's Court.

Analysts say his rapid rise could lead him to a higher position in Shanghai, bucking a tradition of promoting from within.

The other members of the new standing committee have spent at least part of their careers in Shanghai. Police chief Wu Zhiming , who is believed to be a relative of former president Jiang Zemin , retained the seat on the standing committee he has held since 2002.

The sacking of Mr Chen has been widely viewed as a political purge by President Hu Jintao  in a bid to exercise more power over Shanghai, the stronghold of Mr Jiang and other members of the 'Shanghai faction'.

In brief comments to the media, Mr Xi pledged to follow Mr Hu's leadership, fight corruption and promote Shanghai's development. 'We want to promote good, rapid development of the economy and society,' he said.

In speeches delivered at the meeting, Mr Xi gave more emphasis to the World Expo that the city will host in 2010 and co-operation with the rest of the Yangtze River Delta region.

The unveiling of the new line-up came at the end of a Shanghai party meeting held once every five years and before a national-level gathering of party members.

The Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said Shanghai also selected 73 delegates to the forthcoming 17th Party Congress, including the ailing Vice-Premier Huang Ju .

Mr Huang  is believed to be ill with cancer.



Shanghai mayor keeps his party post