Mo Gaoyi, director of China's State Council Information Office, appointed secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China

Chinese officials announced today that Mo Gaoyi, deputy director of the Central Propaganda Department and director of the Information Office of the State Council of China, has taken over as secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee.

Xinhua News Agency reported that Chinese officials announced today that Mo Gaoyi, deputy director of the Central Propaganda Department and director of the Information Office of the State Council of China, has taken over as secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee. Mo Gaoyi had previously worked in the Guangdong propaganda system for a long time.

On the eve of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chinese officials announced today changes in local personnel. According to Xinhua News Agency, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China recently decided that Mo Gaoyi will be appointed as member, standing member, and secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Committee, and Wang Ning will no longer serve as secretary, standing member, and member of the Yunnan Provincial Committee. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China recently approved the appointment of Liu Qifan as member, standing committee member and deputy secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Committee. The Yunnan Provincial Party Committee decided to appoint Liu Qifan as Party Secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Government.

According to his public resume, Mo Gaoyi is 62 years old and is from Shishou, Hubei. He has been working in the Guangdong Provincial Publicity System for a long time, and has successively served as deputy chief staff member and chief staff member of the Provincial Committee’s External Propaganda Office (Provincial Information Office), deputy director (director level) and executive deputy director (deputy department level) of the Provincial Committee’s External Propaganda Office (Provincial Information Office).

In September 2010, Mo Gaoyi was appointed as deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and director of the Provincial Party Committee’s Foreign Propaganda Office (Provincial Information Office). Later, he served as Party Secretary and Director of the Management Committee of Southern Newspaper Media Group, President of Nanfang Daily, Chairman and Party Secretary of Southern Newspaper Group Co., Ltd.

In March 2017, Mo Gaoyi was appointed as the Secretary of the Shaoguan Municipal Committee of Guangdong Province; in December 2018, he was appointed as the Minister of the Propaganda Department (deputy ministerial level) of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China and the National Supervisory Commission; in March 2021, he was appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department; in March 2024, Mo Gaoyi was appointed as the Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Director of the Information Office of the State Council of China, until this time he took up his new post.

In addition, China's Hunan Province officially announced today that Xie Weijiang, deputy secretary of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, was appointed secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Hunan Provincial Government. Xie Weijiang was born in 1973 and is 53 years old this year. According to Jiangxi Daily, the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee decided that Chen Yongqi, deputy secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, will serve as party secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Government. Chen Yongqi was born in 1967, is 59 years old and has worked in Shanxi for many years.