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.
After Hu Lijie was transferred out of Shanxi, Zhao Hongyan, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee and head of the United Front Work Department, succeeded him as head of the Organization Department of the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee.
On September 12, 2026, Hu Lijie was appointed to the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee and as head of the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department, succeeding the former organization department head who had been taken away by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection just 12 days earlier.