Wuhan “grateful” secretary Wang Zhonglin rumored to be promoted to the governor of Hubei Province

When a new pneumonia epidemic broke out in Wuhan, China last year, Wuhan Party Secretary Wang Zhonglin announced that the public should be “grateful to the General Secretary and the Communist Party”, which sparked public opinion. According to existing Hong Kong media sources, Wang Zhonglin will replace Wang Xiaodong, the current governor of Hubei province, as the governor of Hubei province.

According to a report in the Free Times today, Wang Zhonglin, who took over as secretary of the Wuhan Municipal Party Committee during the epidemic, has publicly and vigorously patted himself on the back, thanking Xi Jinping for “the personal deployment and command of the General Secretary and the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee, the PLA and the whole country have sent hundreds of medical teams and tens of thousands of medical workers to rally to help Wuhan, and a steady flow of donated supplies from across the country. “The public should be “grateful to the General Secretary, the Communist Party”, such comments at the time sparked controversy, was scolded by netizens off the shelf.

The report said that the governor of Hubei Province, Wang Xiaodong from the middle of last year, suddenly reclusive, triggering speculation that he was fallen, but he was later alleged to have “a stroke in the hospital”. Hong Kong media outlet Sing Tao Daily quoted sources as saying that Wang Zhonglin will next take over Wang Xiaodong’s post as governor of Hubei province, the news is yet to be confirmed by the Chinese side.