China Red Cross head leaves post, reasons unclear  

62岁赵白鸽卸任中国红会常务副会长 徐科拟接棒

Zhao Baige, executive vice president and Party secretary of the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC), will no longer hold the post, the RCSC announced on its official website on Tuesday.

Xu Ke, deputy director of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, was appointed the Party secretary of the RCSC and also nominated as a candidate for the organization's executive vice president.

Zhao was appointed as the RCSC's executive vice president in September 2011.

The RCSC was dragged into a serious corruption scandal in June 2011 after Guo Meimei, a young woman who claimed to be a general manager of a bogus organization "Red Cross Chamber of Commerce" showed off her lavish lifestyle online.

Guo was arrested on August 20 for allegedly running an illegal casino. In a confession aired afterwards on China Central Television she clarified that she has no connection to the RCSC.

Zhao vowed to resign if she proved unable to clean up the image of the RCSC within three years in a press conference in April 2013, reported people.com.cn.

Zhao's reason for leaving office is unclear at present.