CHINA-APPOINTMENTS: CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING-LOYALIST LI SHULEI APPOINTED EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF CENTRAL PARTY SCHOOL

The Strait Times reported (January 18) that 57-year old Dr. Li Shulei,  a member of President Xi Jinping's inner circle was last month appointed Executive Vice President of the Central Party School prior to next year's Party Congress suggesting to analysts that he is probably being positioned to take over as President of the Central Party School from Chen Xi.  He could also take over Chen Xi's post as head of the CCP CC's important Organisation Department. Li Shulei took over the post of Executive Vice President from another Xi Jinping loyalist, He Yiting who was 69 years old  and had reached retirement age.

(Comment: Li Shulei was previously a Deputy Secretary of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC) and a Deputy Director of the National Supervisory Commission. In March 2017, he was given the additional task of heading a small group to bring home "foxes", or corrupt officials who have fled abroad. Dr Li Shulei was called the "Peking University prodigy" when he was admitted to the university as a library management major at the age of 14 in 1978. He was 24 when he obtained his PhD in Chinese literature from the same university.)







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