Chongqing’s Deputy Party Chief Appointed City’s Acting Mayor

(Beijing) — Zhang Guoqing, deputy party chief of Chongqing, has been named acting mayor of the southwestern city, the local legislature said on Friday.

Huang Qifan, the mayor of Chongqing for nearly seven years, has stepped down. It remains unclear whether the 64-year-old veteran official, who has been acclaimed for helping building Chongqing into China’s model city in terms of economic development, will be assigned a new job.