BEIJING, Oct. 23 -- Three new members filled vacancies of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Thursday after former members were expelled from the Party.

The three new members are Ma Jiantang, Wang Zuo'an and Mao Wanchun, according to a communique released after the fourth plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee.

Ma is chief of the National Bureau of Statistics, and Wang director of the State Administration of Religious Affairs, while Mao is member of the standing committee of the CPC Shaanxi provincial committee.

The three officials replaced Li Dongsheng, former vice minister of public security, Jiang Jiemin, former head of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, and Yang Jinshan, former deputy commander of the Chengdu Military Area Command of the People's Liberation Army, who were all expelled from the Party for serious discipline violations.