China has appointed a new Communist Party chief in Chongqing, the city once led by disgraced politician Bo Xilai.
Sun Zhengcai was agriculture secretary from 2006-2009
Sun Zhengcai, 49, will take over from outgoing chief Zhang Dejiang,
who was promoted to the Politburo Standing Committee, Xinhua news agency
said
Mr Bo is now facing trial on a raft of charges. His wife Gu
Kailai was jailed in August for the murder of a British businessman.
Mr Sun is a newly-appointed member of the 25-strong
politburo. He previously served as party secretary in Jilin province and
was agriculture minister from 2006-2009.
The reshuffle follows the party congress last week at which
the Communist Party unveiled the leadership line-up that will govern for
the next decade.
More reshuffles are expected - on Monday, Meng Jianzhu was
named China's new security chief, replacing Zhou Yongkang as head of the
party's Politics and Law Commission.
The post was also downgraded - Mr Meng is not a Politburo Standing Committee member but Mr Zhou was.
Bo Xilai has been stripped of his officials positions and his
immunity from prosecution in the wake of the scandal that engulfed his
family.
His wife is in prison after admitting killing Neil Heywood, a
British national with whom she is said to have had a business dispute.
Mr Bo - whose police chief has been jailed for both covering
up and then exposing the case - faces charges related to corruption and
abuse of power.
China's newly-appointed Communist Party leader, Xi Jinping,
has stressed the importance of fighting corruption in the few days since
he assumed his post.
"In recent years, within our party there have been serious
discipline violations, the nature of which has been very bad, with a
terrible political impact, causing much alarm," Mr Xi said in a speech
to the politburo over the weekend, as reported by state media.
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