Jiang is appointed publicity minister

Jiang Jianguo has been named minister of the State Council Information Office and deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, a news statement said on Tuesday.

The statement was published on the website of the National Museum of China in Beijing, where Jiang accompanied Liu Qibao, the publicity department's head, to view an exhibition of Silk Road cultural relics on Sunday.

Jiang, 58, was previously the Party chief and deputy head of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television. He replaced Cai Mingzhao, who was appointed president of Xinhua News Agency on Dec 31.

Jiang's appointment was not announced officially by the CPC Central Committee as of Tuesday.

A native of Hanshou, Hunan province, Jiang rose from deputy director of the research office of the Organization Department of the CPC Hunan provincial committee to become the head of the provincial publicity department. He was appointed deputy Party chief of the General Administration of Press and Publication in 2008 and Party chief of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television in 2013.

(China Daily 01/07/2015 page3)