Tianjin's deputy mayor named Guangzhou's new Party chief

The central government recently appointed Tianjin Deputy Mayor Ren Xuefeng as a member of the standing committee of the Guangdong provincial Party committee and Party chief of Guangzhou, the provincial capital, the Guangdong Party Organization Department said on Wednesday.

Ren, 48, replaces his sacked predecessor, Wan Qingliang.

The Organization Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee announced in late June that Wan had been dismissed from his post and placed under further investigation for suspected "serious violations of discipline and laws".