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China’s ‘two sessions’ 2023: Wu Zhenglong takes on top State Council post to help steer cabinet
- Wu is expected to play a role similar to chief of staff for Li Qiang and will work closely with the new premier
- He survived political aftermath around Bo Xilai in 2012 before crossing paths with Li in Jiangsu
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Jane Caiin Beijing
Former Jiangsu Communist Party chief Wu Zhenglong, a former subordinate of Premier Li Qiang, has been named a state councillor to help steer the new cabinet.
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Wu was voted in on Sunday by the national legislature on the second last day of its annual session in Beijing.
Wu, who will be the cabinet’s secretary general, is among the five state councillors nominated by the new premier, together with Defence Minister Li Shangfu, Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong, former Guizhou provincial party chief Shen Yiqin and new Foreign Minister Qin Gang.
In a personnel reshuffle that started after the party congress in October, Wu was appointed deputy secretary general of the cabinet’s party institution, according to the official WeChat account of Heilongjiang provincial government. Wu attended a panel discussion about the government work report with lawmakers from the northeastern province on Monday, it reported.
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The appointment paved the way for Wu to replace Xiao Jie in the cabinet. Xiao was elected on Friday to be a deputy head of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.
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