New Party chiefs appointed in four provinces as heads retire

Four provinces received new Party chiefs after the officials who held the top positions in these regions reached the retirement age of 65.

Jing Junhai, former governor of Jilin province, will replace ethnic Mongolian Bayanqolu to head the CPC Jilin provincial committee, according to an announcement from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Friday. Jing, 60, has worked as governor since January 2018.

A physics major, the native of Shaanxi province worked as teacher in Xidian University in the province's capital Xi'an for almost 10 years before becoming an official in 1992. After holding various posts in the province, including vice-governor, he was shifted out of his home region in June 2015 when he was appointed deputy head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee.