New internet chief named in reshuffle

China's top internet regulator has been replaced amid a round of personnel reshuffles, according to an official statement released on Wednesday.

Lu Wei, the former head of the Office of the Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs, has been replaced by Xu Lin, one of his deputies, according to the statement, released by the Communist Party of China Central Committee.

There was no mention of where the 56-year-old Lu would go. Ministerial-level officials usually retire at the age of 65.