Across China: Beijing

New appointments

The State Council yesterday appointed Peng Sen as deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission.

Xu Deming was appointed vice-minister of land and resources, and head of the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping. Yin Li was appointed vice-minister of health, Hou Yunchun deputy director of the Development Research Center of the State Council, and Huang Lanfa and Wang Zhimin deputy heads of the liaison office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong.