Chinese Communist Party names new provincial chiefs as coronavirus wanes
- Promotions appear to be part of reactivated renewal plans, analyst says
- Aerospace engineer Xu Dazhe takes top job in Hunan as country aims for greater technological development
According to state media, the governors of Jilin, Hunan, Guizhou and Yunnan provinces were promoted to the top party post in their jurisdictions, taking over as their predecessors retired.
In the northern province of Jilin, Jing Junhai, 60, replaced Bayanqolu, 65, as the new chief of the provincial party committee.
Jing has a degree in physics and spent most of his political career in Shaanxi province, in the country’s northwest. He was promoted to be the deputy head of the party’s propaganda department in 2015 before becoming deputy chief of the Beijing municipal party committee. He was appointed governor of Jilin in January 2018.
In central Hunan province, Xu Dazhe, 64, has been named as the successor to Du Jiahao, the 65-year-old provincial party chief.