CHINA-LEADERSHIP APPOINTMENTS: GUANGDONG GOVERNOR APPOINTED NEW XINJIANG PARTY SECRETARY

The state-owned Xinhua news agency said in a brief announcement on December 25 that Ma Xingrui, the 62-year old Governor of Guangdong province since 2017, had replaced Chen Quanguo as Party Secretary of the Xinjiang-Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). It said Chen Quanguo will move to another role. Chen Quanguo, 66, was appointed XUAR Party Secretary in 2016. He is one of the 25 members of China’s politburo and was placed on a sanctions list last year by the US. Ma Xingrui has a background in the aerospace industry.





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