BEIJING – China reshuffled its Cabinet on Sunday and appointed new vice-premiers and ministers tasked with helping President Xi Jinping andThe National People’s Congress approved a proposed Cabinet shake-up on the second last day of Parliament’s annual full session, naming four vice-premiers, five state councillors, the top state planner, the central bank governor, financial regulators and other members of the State Council.
On Sunday, Parliament endorsed Mr Ding Xuexiang, the right-hand man of Mr Xi, as Executive or No. 1 Vice-Premier, entrusting him to help manage the domestic economy. Although Mr Ding has no experience with running a province nor handling economic matters, he has worked in various branches of the party apparatus and is adept at coordination.
The other three vice-premiers sit in the party’s 24-member Politburo, one notch below the Standing Committee.