Pair of provincial Party officials take up posts

The Communist Party of China Central Committee announced the appointments of new Party secretaries for Jiangsu and Qinghai provinces on Tuesday.

Xin Changxing, former Party chief of Qinghai, was appointed Party chief of Jiangsu, replacing Wu Zhenglong.

Born in 1963, Xin is a native of East China's Shandong province and served as vice-minister of human resources and social security, and director of the National Civil Service Administration. He served as the deputy Party chief of Anhui province in 2016.

In 2020, Xin served as deputy Party chief of Qinghai province before he was appointed governor the same year. In 2022, he was appointed Party chief of the Communist Party of China Qinghai Provincial Committee.

Also on Tuesday, Chen Gang, born in 1965 and a native of East China's Jiangsu province, was appointed Party chief of Qinghai province.

Chen has worked in various positions including as a member of the Beijing CPC Standing Committee, Party chief of Guiyang city in Guizhou province and member of the Guizhou CPC Standing Committee, and then he served in many positions in Hebei province including as deputy governor and Party chief of Xiong'an New Area, and deputy Party chief of Hebei.

He was secretary of the Leading Party Members Group of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions in December, 2020, and then became the vice-president of the federation in February, 2021.