Zhangjiagang mayor Yao Linrong has been appointed the new chief of the Party Committee of the city, an official meeting of Zhangjiagang announced lately.

Xu Meijian, the city’s incumbent Party chief, will work as the vice-mayor of Suzhou city, which administers Zhangjiagang as a county-level city.

Mr Yao Linrong will also serve as the chief of the Party Working Committee of Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone.