Chinese National People’s Congress appoints new cabinet lineup

Tuesday, 20/03/2018 16:38
The seventh plenary meeting of the first session of the 13th Chinese National People’s Congress (NPC) held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing has appointed a new cabinet lineup.

(Photo: Xinhua/VNA)

The candidates for the new cabinet were nominated by newly-appointed Premier Li Keqiang, while the candidates for personnel of the NPC special committees were proposed by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

The congress was attended by President Xi Jinping; Premier Li Keqiang; Chairman of the National People’s Congress Li Zhanshu; Chairman of the People's Political Consultative Conference Wang Yang; First Secretary of Central Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Wang Huning and nearly 3,000 NPC deputies.

Among them, Han Zheng, Sun Chunlan, Hu Chunhua and Liu He were endorsed as vice premiers, while Wei Fenghe, Wang Yong, Wang Yi, Xiao Jie and Zhao Kezhi were endorsed as state councilors.

Former People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force Commander Wei Fenghe was endorsed as the Chinese Defense Minister.

Besides, Mr. Xiao Jie as Secretary-General of the State Council; Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs; He Lifeng, head of the National Development and Reform Commission; Chen Baosheng, Minister of Education; Wang Zhigang, Minister of Science and Technology; Miao Wei, Minister of Industry and Information Technology.

Mr. Bater was endorsed as head of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission; Zhao Kezhi, Minister of Public Security;  Chen Wenqing, Minister of State Security; Huang Shuxian, Minister of Civil Affairs; Fu Zhenghua, Minister of Justice; Liu Kun, Minister of Finance; Zhang Jinan, Minister of Human Resources and Social Security; Lu Hao, Minister of Natural Resources; Li Ganjie, Minister of Ecological Environment; Wang Menghui, Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development; Li Xiaopeng, Minister of Transport; E Jingping, Minister of Water Resources; Han Changfu, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Zhong Shan, Minister of Commerce; Luo Shugang, Minister of Culture and Tourism; Ma Xiaowei, head of the National Health Commission; Sun Shaocheng, Minister of Veterans Affairs; Wang Yupu, Minister of Emergency Management; Yi Gang, Governor of the People's Bank of China; and Hu Zejun, Auditor-General of the National Audit Office./.

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