Shen Yiqin succeeds Sun Zhigang as Secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee
On November 20, 2020, Guizhou Province held a meeting of leading cadres to announce the central government's decision that Shen Yiqin would serve as Secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee, and Sun Zhigang would no longer hold the post. Shen Yiqin became the only female provincial party secretary in the country at that time.