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China names Han ex-environmental protection officer to head ethnic affairs office
- Pan Yue will be the second member of China’s dominant ethnic group to head the office responsible for minorities
- In the role he will be responsible that has placed a greater focus on integration despite concerns about Beijing’s treatment of some groups including the Uygurs
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China has appointed a former environmental protection official famous for taking a tough stance on local interests to head its ethnic affairs office.
Pan Yue, 62, was announced as party chief of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission on its website on Saturday.
The office is responsible for drafting laws regarding China’s policies towards its ethnic minority groups and implementing those laws and regulations.
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Pan will be the second official from the Han majority to take charge of the ethnic affairs body.
Since 1954 and until 2020, the office had been held by officials from one of the country’s many ethnic minority groups, starting with Ulanhu, a renowned ethnic Mongol general whose name could be translated as the “red son of Communism”.
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Since then the National Ethnic Affairs Commission has been led by Hui, Uygur, Korean and Mongol cadres.
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