Rising Communist Party Star Yin Yong Named Acting Mayor of Beijing

Beijing’s Communist Party deputy chief and Deputy Mayor Yin Yong was named to the additional post of acting mayor of the Chinese capital Friday, becoming China’s youngest provincial leader at the age of 53.

Yin is also the youngest member of the new 205-member Central Committee, the largest of the party’s top decision-making bodies. He succeeds former Beijing Major Chen Jining, who was named the new party secretary of Shanghai and elevated to the 24-member Politburo.