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Jul 19, 2024 08:20 PM
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Vice Finance Minister Becomes Shanghai’s Deputy Party Chief

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Zhu Zhongming. Photo: file photo
Zhu Zhongming. Photo: file photo

The Communist Party’s Central Committee has named a vice finance minister as a deputy chief of Shanghai’s party committee, the city government announced Friday.

Zhu Zhongming, a native of East China’s Zhejiang province, spent most of his career working at the local counterpart of the Ministry of Finance (MOF) in the province.

In 2020, he was appointed director of Zhejiang’s finance department. Later that year, he was made a vice governor of the central province of Hunan, with responsibility for education, civil affairs and health care. In 2021, Zhu became a vice minister of the MOF.

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  • Zhu Zhongming, a vice finance minister, has been appointed deputy chief of Shanghai's party committee.
  • Zhu's career includes roles in Zhejiang's finance department, Hunan's vice governorship, and vice mayor of Wenzhou.
  • Zhu assisted Finance Minister Lan Fo’an and his successor's appointment is anticipated amid new fiscal reforms.
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Zhu Zhongming was appointed director of Zhejiang’s finance department.
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Zhu Zhongming was made a vice governor of the central province of Hunan.
2021:
Zhu Zhongming became a vice minister of the Ministry of Finance.
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The Communist Party’s Central Committee named Zhu Zhongming as a deputy chief of Shanghai’s party committee.
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