Govt leadership changes continue

BEIJING - More regional leadership reshuffles may be expected following changes to the top leaders of five provincial-level regions last week, as the Communist Party of China (CPC) gears up for next year's Party congress, experts said.

Zhu Lijia, a public administration expert at the Chinese Academy of Governance, told China Daily on Monday that last week's personnel changes, in which seven provincial governors and Party chiefs from five provinces and autonomous regions were removed, were part of a national reshuffle, and more rearrangements may be expected in the near future.

"Such personnel changes are being made to pave the way for the impending 18th National Congress of the CPC, when a new leadership lineup will be elected," Zhu said.