The Chinese Communist Party has ushered in a new round of bloodshed among provincial officials. Recently, in just less than half a month, Zhongnanhai rare early replacement of six provinces “a hand”. According to statistics, 27 local officials have changed their positions this year.
From late November to early December, the provincial party secretaries of Jilin, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Fujian and Hainan were replaced.
With the exception of Fujian Province, where Yin Li, the former governor of Sichuan Province, was appointed across the province, the provincial party secretaries of the other five provinces were replaced by the former governors of the provinces in their place. Thus, the governors of Jilin, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hainan and Sichuan have also been replaced.
According to the party media on December 1 released personnel adjustment news, Jilin, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan four provincial party committee secretary positions, all by the governor in place to promote. Jing Junhai, Xu Dazhe, Chen Yiqin, Ruan Chengfa, respectively, as the provincial party secretaries of Jilin, Hunan, Guizhou and Yunnan, four people are also currently holding the position of governor.
According to statistics, since Ying Yong was transferred from Shanghai to Hubei Provincial Party Committee Secretary in late February, there have been personnel changes in the staffing of provincial party and government “hands” in more than 10 provinces so far.
As of Dec. 2, 15 provinces have ushered in new provincial government “a hand” this year.
In addition, in early December, the former governor of Heilongjiang Province, Wang Wentao and the former governor of Gansu Province, Tang Renjian into Beijing, as the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of rural Affairs Party Secretary. Wang Wentao’s successor has not yet been announced, while Tang Renjian vacated his post and was filled by Ren Zhenhe, former deputy secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee.
The Union-Tribune counted that after this round of reshuffling, a total of 27 local senior positions have been changed in China’s provinces in 2020. This is also the most intensive year for local officials since the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
The report said there are no more over-aged senior officials in China’s provinces, with the exception of some government chiefs in minority autonomous regions. Among the government officials in local provinces, all are “post-60s” except for Jiangxi Governor Yi Qinhong and Guangdong Governor Ma Xingrui.
This year, the replacement of the provincial party secretary of the 10 provinces, most of them are due to the previous secretary reached the retirement age of 65 years old ministerial level to step down, to replace the old and new, but there are two exceptions.
For example, in late February, Ying Yong replaced Jiang Chaoliang as secretary of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee. Jiang Chaoliang was removed from his post for his ineffective fight against the epidemic. Hu Heping, former secretary of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee, was transferred to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, while Liu Guozhong, former governor of Shaanxi Province, took over as secretary.
There are also eight local “hands” who will turn 65 next year, respectively, Shi Taifeng, Party Secretary of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Lou Qinjian, Party Secretary of Jiangsu Province, Liu Jiayi, Party Secretary of Shandong Province, Wang Guosheng, Party Secretary of Henan Province, Xu Dazhe, Party Secretary of Hunan Province, Lu Xinshe, Party Secretary of Guangxi Autonomous Region, Wu Yingjie, Party Secretary of Tibet Autonomous Region, and Lin Duo, Party Secretary of Gansu Province.
In addition to November to 64 years of age official ascension of the provincial party secretary Xu Dazhe or change, the remaining seven probability will step down next year, when it will set off another round of provincial personnel linkage adjustment.
Some analysis believes that the intensive adjustment of local officials, is the top of the Communist Party of China for the twentieth personnel layout, the twentieth is expected to be held in the second half of 2022. From the fall of 2021, the party committees of the provinces, cities and autonomous regions will first enter the “time of change”. Before then, most of the party and government “heads” of provinces, cities and autonomous regions will be in place.
In addition to the adjustment of local officials, the central ministries of the Communist Party of China (CPC) also frequently change their blood.
Meng Xiangfeng, former deputy secretary of the CPC Central Committee and State Organs Working Committee, has become executive deputy director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee. Meng has long worked for the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), having worked for the China Discipline Inspection and Supervision Newspaper for nearly 20 years, from chief section officer to chief editor.
As the last three Zhongnanhai big housekeepers have served as executive deputy director of the Central Office, Hong Kong media analysis, Meng Xiangfeng is expected to enter the Politburo in the Communist Party’s second next big and also serve as the director of the Central Office, while the current director of the Central Office Ding Xuexiang can be a higher level.
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