According to an opinion piece published in Hong Kong Ming Pao today, the earlier claim that Hu Chunhua will replace Vice Premier Liu He to chair the U.S.-China trade talks “may indeed be a misrepresentation,” because the U.S.-China trade talks have stalled, and there is no urgency to change the person in the trade talks as the 20th Communist Party Congress is about to adjust personnel. The newspaper observed that Hu Chunhua’s first secretary, Gao Yu, deputy secretary-general of the State Council, was recently reassigned as director of the State Council Counselor’s Office, signaling a possible change in Hu Chunhua’s position. And Xi Jinping’s latest visit to Henan Province, accompanied by less Liu He and Chen Xi, head of the Central Organization Department, but more Hu Chunhua. But Ming Pao did not speculate specifically on Hu Chunhua’s new position.
According to the Hong Kong media Ming Pao today: Hu Chunhua’s position has changed, the personnel changes around the end. Central News Agency quoted according to media analysis, Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua to replace Liu He to preside over the U.S.-China trade talks should be misinformation, but Hu Chunhua’s position may have changed. Ming Pao also published an opinion piece today, pointing out that earlier it was said that Hu Chunhua would replace Vice Premier Liu He to chair the U.S.-China trade talks “or indeed a miscommunication”, because the U.S.-China trade talks have come to a halt, and the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th Congress personnel adjustment is imminent, there is no urgency to change the trade negotiations.
The article said that Hu Chunhua’s first secretary, Deputy Secretary General of the State Council Gao Yu, was recently reassigned as the director of the State Council Counselor’s Office, signaling a possible change in Hu Chunhua’s position. But the article does not speculate on Hu’s new position.
According to the article, CPC President Xi Jinping’s visit to Henan from 12 to 14 was different from the past in many ways, including different escorts, different specifications for the event and different forms of official reporting. In terms of accompanying persons, the trip was accompanied by Hu Chunhua instead of Liu He and Chen Xi, the head of the Central Organization Department. The article points out that this is the second time Hu Chunhua accompanied Xi Jinping on a local visit after the 19th CPC National Congress; the last time was in Chongqing in April 2019, when Xi held a national symposium on poverty alleviation “two no worries, three guarantees” and Liu He was also there.
According to an article in the Central News Agency, these changes are unusual in light of the recent arrangements and rumors of personnel changes.
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