Li Changguan has been appointed party chief of China's civil affairs ministry, the ministry's website showed on Tuesday.

  • Li has been a vice minister at the ministry since 2024.

  • Li is replacing Lu Zhiyuan, who had been the minister as well as the party chief of the ministry since late 2023.

  • Lu has been appointed party chief of the official-run All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the organisation said in a statement on Tuesday.