Inner Mongolia Chairman Bu Xiaolin appears for the first time after 2 months of fainting

The deputy secretary and chairman of the Inner Mongolia Party Committee, Bu Xiaolin, attended the launch of the “China – Inner Mongolia Grain Quality Development Index” in Beijing on January 22, her first public appearance since she suddenly fainted at a meeting of the Inner Mongolia People’s Congress on January 26. There were rumors that Bu Xiaolin’s health condition was worrisome, and even speculation that she had suffered a stroke.

On March 22, Nongbo.com reported that the launch of the “China-Negotongol Grain Quality Development Index” was held in Beijing on the same day, with the attendance of Bu Xiaolin, deputy secretary of the Inner Mongolia Party Committee and chairman of Inner Mongolia. The report also showed a photo of Bu Xiaolin at the conference.

This is Bu Xiaolin’s first public appearance since he suddenly fainted at the opening of the Inner Mongolia People’s Congress on January 26.

On January 26 this year, Bu Xiaolin suddenly fainted while doing the government work report at the opening ceremony of the fourth session of the 13th Inner Mongolia People’s Congress. Some netizens have since claimed that Bu Xiaolin fainted due to low blood sugar and was not seriously injured after resting. On Weibo and other social media, postings about Bu Xiaolin’s fainting have been deleted one after another. However, Bu Xiaolin was absent from the closing ceremony of the Inner Mongolia CPPCC on the 29th and the closing ceremony of the NPC on the 30th, and was once rumored to be suffering from a stroke. It was not until today that he showed up publicly. The official news was not reported, and no reason was given for Bu Xiaolin’s fainting spell.

The 62-year-old Bu Xiaolin is a third-generation Inner Mongolian, whose grandfather Ulanhu is known as the “King of Mongolia” and whose father Bucher is a former vice chairman of the Communist Party’s National People’s Congress. Three generations of the Family have served as chairmen of the Inner Mongolian government. Bu Xiaolin has been deputy secretary and chairman of the Inner Mongolia Party Committee since June 2016.

Last year, Communist Party authorities in Inner Mongolia demanded that Mongolian-medium schools promote the use of a unified national textbook and strengthen Chinese language instruction. 2020 In late August and early September, mass demonstrations broke out in Inner Mongolia to protest the authorities’ attempts to eradicate Mongolian Culture. Thousands of people were arrested and some even died as a result of the strong official repression by the Chinese Communist Party. The incident shocked both at Home and abroad, and became a focus of attention for various countries.

After the incident, many officials in Inner Mongolia were removed from their posts. The Chinese Communist Party authorities met several times and asked the Inner Mongolia authorities to reflect deeply and look deeper into the causes. At the Time, there were also analyses that did not rule out the possibility that Bu Xiaolin’s ill health was related to the stress of dealing with the textbook controversy.