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Appointment of new ministers approved

The top legislature on Thursday approved the appointment of two new ministers. At a session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress, lawmakers voted to appoint Zhang Zhu as minister of agriculture and rural affairs and Zhang Chengzhong as minister of emergency management. Zhang Zhu, born in February 1968, previously served as deputy Party secretary of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and Party secretary of its capital, Urumqi, according to public information. Zhang Chengzhong, born in October 1970, previously served as a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Hebei Provincial Committee and Party secretary of Tangshan.

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