China's State Council appoints, removes officials

BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, China's cabinet, on Monday announced the appointment and removal of officials.

Wang Zhizhong was appointed vice minister of public security, and Sun Xiuchun and Zhang Yu were appointed deputy heads of the National Government Offices Administration.

Li Wentang was appointed vice president of the National Academy of Governance (NAG), and he will no longer serve as the NAG provost, while Zhang Zhongjun was appointed member of the NAG academy affairs committee.

Yan Zhen was appointed deputy head of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (National Park Administration).

Lyu Yuyin was appointed deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region.

Also according to the announcement, Liu Zheng was removed from the post of vice minister of civil affairs, and Zhao Shitang will no longer serve as the deputy head of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.

Meng Dong was removed from the post of deputy head of the National Radio and Television Administration.

Zhao Cheng will no longer serve as vice president of Xinhua News Agency.

Li Ligong was removed from the post of deputy head of the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence.