Anti-graft campaign sees big changes in Shanxi and Hainan

Want China Times, Staff Reporter 2014-10-05

Shanxi province's new party chief, Wang Rulin speaks at a Standing Committee
meeting in Taiyuan, Sept. 30. (Photo/CNS)

Leaving numerous ousted officials in its wake, Beijing's anti-graft campaign has triggered leadership reshuffles in many parts of the country, notably in the northern province of Shanxi in September which saw the appointments of a new Communist Party chief and five members of the party's provincial standing committee.

The reshuffle follows previous shakedowns on the national level. This included the appointment of new chiefs of the organization department, which oversees government personnel within the party system, in half of all provinces. Two vice ministers of human resources and social security and the head of the State Administration of Civil Service were also changed.

With the latest appointments, Shanxi, which has been heavily affected by the anti-graft campaign, has completed a leadership makeover, including the party chief, chairperson of its People's Congress, and chiefs of the provincial discipline inspection commission and organization department.

Wang Rulin has taken over as party secretary. Wang Xiaochu, former chief of Shanxi's organization department, and Kung Changsheng, former chief of the legal department, have been appointed as vice ministers of human resources and social security, joining the leadership of the ministry which now consists of 11 officials. Xin Changxing ascended from vice minister of human resources and social security to head the State Administration of Civil Service, succeeding Yin Weimin.

The leadership of the southern island province of Hainan has also undergone some big changes with the appointment of several new members to the party's provincial standing committee, including Liu Xin and Zhang Qi.