China appoints new Tibet party secretary in regional reshuffle
China has appointed Hu Changsheng as Communist Party secretary of the Tibet autonomous region during a reshuffle of regional leaders. Wu Xiaojun is moving from Qinghai to Gansu, while Qinghai Governor Luo Dongchuan is set to succeed him as the province’s party chief.
China has appointed Hu Changsheng as Communist Party secretary of the Tibet autonomous region, the South China Morning Post reports. Hu, 62, is moving from his post as party secretary of Gansu province. Wu Xiaojun, 60, currently the party secretary of Qinghai province, will succeed Hu in Gansu.
Qinghai Governor Luo Dongchuan, also 60, will take over from Wu as the province’s party secretary. The appointments form part of a wider reshuffle of regional leadership. The changes come ahead of China’s 21st Communist Party national congress, which is expected to be held next year, according to the supplied material.
It gives no further details about the congress timetable or the officials’ policy priorities.
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