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China Names Top Market Regulator Luo Wen as Hebei Party Chief

Published: Jul. 31, 2026 5:36 p.m. GMT+8

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China has appointed its top market regulator, Luo Wen, as the new Communist Party secretary of Hebei province. The move, announced Friday, places a seasoned technocrat with deep experience in industrial policy and market oversight at the helm of a key northern industrial hub.

Luo succeeds Ni Yuefeng, who will be reassigned to another position, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Both men are 61 years old and are full members of the 20th Central Committee, the elite political body of the Communist Party of China.

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Luo Wen appointed Communist Party secretary of Hebei province, replacing Ni Yuefeng.
Luo has experience in market regulation, industrial policy, and central economic planning.
This is the second provincial leadership reshuffle in China this year.

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What Happened When

Before 2022：: Luo Wen spent more than a decade teaching at a university in Beijing.

Before 2022：: Luo Wen joined a research institute under the former Ministry of Electronics Industry in 1997.

Before 2022：: Luo Wen led the China Center for Information Industry Development.

Before 2022：: Luo Wen became a vice minister at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in 2017.

Before 2022：: Luo Wen served as vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission in 2019.

Before 2022：: Luo Wen served as executive vice governor of Sichuan province starting in 2020.

Before 2022：: Luo Wen served as deputy party secretary of Sichuan province.

By 2018：: The State Administration for Market Regulation was created.

By November 2021：: The five-year term of the Hebei provincial party standing committee was elected.

By April 2022：: Ni Yuefeng took the top job as party secretary of Hebei province.

2022：: Luo Wen became head of the State Administration for Market Regulation.

At the national legislative sessions in 2025：: Luo Wen outlined measures to improve oversight of platform algorithms, live-stream e-commerce, and e-commerce return policies.

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