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China has a new cabinet under Xi Jinping: Here are its faces | The Indian Express

China has a new cabinet under Xi Jinping: Here are its faces | The Indian Express



China has a new cabinet under Xi Jinping: Here are its faces

Xi Jinping was re-elected last week for a second five-year term, days after the NPC ratified constitutional amendment, removing term limits for President and Vice President.

By: PTI | Beijing | Updated: March 19, 2018 12:10 pm
China has a new cabinet under Xi Jinping: Here are its faces
Chinese President Xi Jinping talks to leaders after being formally re-elected to a second term during a plenary session of China’s National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (Source: AP photo)

China on Monday appointed a whole new set of top officials, including a defence minister, to head a revamped government, days after President Xi Jinping began his second five-year tenure following the removal of the two-term limit. The new line-up approved by the rubber stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress, includes four Vice Premiers, Han Zheng, Sun Chunlan, Hu Chunhua and Liu He. Their names were approved by nearly 3,000 deputies of the NPC after they were proposed by Premier Li Keqiang, who himself was re-appointed to the post under the new political setup headed by Xi.
Xi was re-elected last week for a second five-year term, days after the NPC ratified constitutional amendment, removing term limits for President and Vice President. His close confidant and former anti-corruption chief Wang Qishan has been elected as the Vice President.
Vice Premier Liu He is expected to play a bigger role in the management of the Chinese economy, the world’s second largest after the US.
While Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has been elevated as the State Councillor which makes him a top diplomat holding dual posts, another key appointment from India’s point of view was that of the appointment of Lt Gen Wei Fenghe as the new Defence Minister.
Wei is widely regarded as the man behind the international face of China’s rapid military modernisation and its reorganisation.
He played a key role in splitting the strategic missile force into two parts of Rocket Force and the Strategic Support Force.
Chen Wenqing remains the security czar overseeing the internal security, including espionage and counterintelligence as well as counter terrorism specially in the volatile Xinjiang province.
Also, the Yi Gang, a reformist has been appointed as the new governor of its central bank, the People’s Bank of China, marking the first change at its helm in 15 years.
He will replace Zhou Xiaochuan who has headed the central bank for more than 15 years during which China has transitioned to become world’s second largest economy replacing Japan.
Yi was deputy to Zhou and was largely regarded as a reformist and head of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange which oversees the country’s over $3 trillion forex reserves, the highest in the world.
The new appointments came as China unveiled a massive reshuffle plan of various ministries to make the government better-structured, more efficient and service-oriented, affecting more than two dozen ministries and organisations.
The new revamped administration will have 26 ministries and commissions of the State Council which is the central Cabinet. The new entities included ministry of natural resources, veterans’ affairs and emergency management.
The plan includes merger of the Ministry of Culture and National Tourism Administration into one.
The sweeping changes include the merger of China’s banking and insurance regulators and the setting up of a special bureau to oversee immigration issues.

China’s new cabinet lineup at a glance

Name                        Position                   Other position
Han Zheng                Vice Premier
Sun Chunlan            Vice Premier
Hu Chunhua             Vice Premier
Liu He                        Vice Premier
Xiao Jie                      State Councillor        Secretary-General of the State Council
Wang Yi                     State Councillor        Minister of Foreign Affairs
Wei Fenghe               State Councillor        Minister of National Defence
Zhao Kezhi                State Councillor        Minister of Public Security
Wang Yong                State Councillor
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
Bater                            Head of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission
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
Hu Zejun                         Auditor-General of the National Audit Office
With Inputs from Reuters
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