Communist Party Appoints New Head of Publicity Department

What’s new: Li Shulei, a 58-year-old Henan province native and long-time former senior official of the Party School, has become the new chief of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China’s Central Committee.

Li’s appointment was revealed when he presented a supplement report during a Wednesday plenary meeting of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, where he was addressed by the official Xinhua News Agency as director of the publicity department.