Twelve Provincial and Ministerial Officials Transferred to NPC Special Committees
Twelve local and ministerial-level officials have been appointed as deputy chairpersons of special committees of the National People's Congress.
Twelve local and ministerial-level officials have been appointed as deputy chairpersons of special committees of the National People's Congress.
12 provincial party secretaries and governors were reassigned to serve as deputy chairmen of special committees of the National People's Congress on the same day, having been relieved of their original posts on the eve of local party congresses.
An announcement from the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on November 6 shows that four major generals—Zhang Gong, Guo Jianjun, Wu Yuhong, and Meng Qingbin—have resigned from their positions as NPC deputies, and their qualifications have been terminated. Their resignations were accepted by the election committees of the Central Military Commission's National Defense Mobilization Department, the Navy, and the People's Armed Police, respectively. The authorities have not disclosed the reasons.
On November 4, the closing meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) was held, and former Armed Police Commander Wang Ning was stripped of his committee membership.
Xinhua News Agency of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced the decision of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee to remove former People's Armed Police Commander Wang Ning from his positions as a member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee and Deputy Director of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and to revoke his membership.
At the end of August 2026, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress made a decision to dismiss Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from their posts.
The Politburo meeting reviewed the comprehensive report on the seventh round of inspections of the 20th CCP Central Committee, decided to remove Shen Xiaoming from the post of Hunan Provincial Party Secretary and Wang Ning from the post of Yunnan Provincial Party Secretary, and parachuted in Mo Gaoyi as Yunnan Provincial Party Secretary and Wang Zhijin as Hunan Provincial Party Secretary.
Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee Zhao Leji presided over the meeting of the Council of Chairpersons, placing relevant appointment and removal motions on the agenda for the NPC Standing Committee session from November 2 to 6.
Xinhua News Agency announced personnel appointments: Wang Jinjian, former secretary of the Yangzhou Municipal Party Committee in Jiangsu, has been transferred across provinces to serve as a member and standing member of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee, seen as Li Qiang laying groundwork in advance at the local level.
According to the source material, Liu Ning of Henan and Liang Yanshun of Anhui stepped down as provincial Party secretaries on September 23, with the announcement citing age as the reason.
Xinhua News Agency reported that Hu Changsheng has been appointed Party Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Wu Xiaojun has been transferred to serve as Party Secretary of Gansu Province, and Luo Dongchuan has taken over as Party Secretary of Qinghai Province. Within two days, top leaders of six provinces have been intensively appointed to key positions, indicating that professional technocrats who are not absolute confidants of Xi Jinping are taking on major responsibilities in crucial local roles.
A Xinhua News Agency dispatch said Wang Junzheng no longer serves as Secretary of the Tibet Party Committee, without stating where he has gone; the material said there were messages from the Hong Kong side indicating that he left his post for age reasons.
Organization department heads in Jiangsu, Fujian, Shanxi and other places have been adjusted in rapid succession, and most of the new officials have backgrounds in the Hu-Wen and Li Keqiang factions.
An official announcement on September 12 stated that Hu Lijie, formerly a member of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee and head of its Organization Department, has been transferred across provinces to become a member of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee and head of its Organization Department.
Wang Junzheng and Liang Yanshun were stripped of their top local leadership posts within two days in a high-level personnel reshuffle led by Wen Jiabao.