https://www.scmp.com/rss/522148/feed The latest news and top stories on Liu Guozhong. Serving as a Chinese Vice-Premier since March 2023, he holds a significant portfolio encompassing agriculture, rural affairs, health, poverty alleviation and meteorology. His responsibilities include strengthening agricultural production, ensuring food security and consolidating poverty alleviation efforts. With a background in provincial governance, including serving as Governor and Party Secretary of Shaanxi, he has overseen responses to public... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Holly Chik Holly Chik A former top-ranking scientist in the Chinese military and one-time nuclear test site commander, Liu Guozhi, has been removed from the website of the country’s top national research institute. In 2016, Liu was named head of the science and technology commission of the Central Military Commission – China’s top military decision-making and command body – a position he is believed to have held until the early 2020s. Liu, 65, was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 2009. Some Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3347200/liu-guozhi-former-top-pla-scientist-and-nuclear-test-commander-delisted-cas-website?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3347200/liu-guozhi-former-top-pla-scientist-and-nuclear-test-commander-delisted-cas-website?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:58:48 +0000 Jevans Nyabiage Jevans Nyabiage The launch of Guinea’s US$20 billion Simandou iron ore project marks a globally significant milestone. The event on Tuesday at Guinea’s Morebaya port, attended by Chinese and regional African leaders, saw the departure of the first shipment of ore from the Simandou project – a major feat after nearly three decades of development. The Chinese delegation was led by Vice-Premier Liu Guozhong, who underscored the importance Beijing has attached to securing high-grade ore for decarbonising the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3332581/why-first-simandou-iron-ore-shipment-china-marks-global-milestone?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3332581/why-first-simandou-iron-ore-shipment-china-marks-global-milestone?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Nov 2025 10:00:14 +0000 Holly Chik Holly Chik High technology and low incomes were in sharp focus in China late last week as two of its senior officials visited opposite ends of the country. On a trip to the eastern province of Zhejiang from Thursday to Saturday, Vice-Premier Zhang Guoqing urged manufacturers to apply new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) to research and development, design, product manufacturing and process optimisation. Zhejiang is home to some of the country’s most innovative companies – firms that... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3328689/chinas-hi-tech-push-aids-and-poverty-fights-focus-vice-premiers-tour-provinces?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3328689/chinas-hi-tech-push-aids-and-poverty-fights-focus-vice-premiers-tour-provinces?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Oct 2025 09:30:06 +0000 Fiona Sun Fiona Sun Health authorities in Hong Kong have not ruled out the possibility of local chikungunya fever transmissions after the city recorded its first imported case of the mosquito-borne disease since 2019, involving a boy who returned from outbreak-hit Foshan in mainland China. The Centre for Health Protection confirmed the case on Saturday, weeks after a surge in infections was recorded in neighbouring Guangdong province. Albert Au Ka-wing, head of the centre’s communicable disease branch, said the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3320533/hong-kong-confirms-first-imported-case-chikungunya-fever-2019?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3320533/hong-kong-confirms-first-imported-case-chikungunya-fever-2019?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Aug 2025 08:03:37 +0000 Zhao Ziwen Zhao Ziwen A senior Chinese official has visited the epicentre of the country’s chikungunya fever outbreak, as the number of cases of the mosquito-borne virus rises. Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Guozhong visited the southern city of Foshan in Guangdong province earlier in the week, urging authorities to “strictly implement port health quarantine measures”, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday. Liu told city authorities to “improve prevention and control measures”, “effectively eliminate mosquitoes” and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3320531/senior-chinese-official-urges-southern-city-stamp-out-chikungunya-spread-amid-outbreak?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3320531/senior-chinese-official-urges-southern-city-stamp-out-chikungunya-spread-amid-outbreak?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Aug 2025 08:00:22 +0000