The State Council on Tuesday announced the appointment and removal of several senior officials.
Sun Shaocheng was appointed vice minister of civil affairs, and Ye Jianchun was named vice minister of water resources.
Fu Ziying was appointed deputy international trade representative with the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) and vice minister of commerce, while Zhong Shan was removed from the post of deputy international trade representative with the MOC.
Zeng Yixin was appointed deputy head of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, replacing Liu Qian.
The State Council appointed Zhang Wufeng as director of the State Administration of Grain.
Liu Haixing was removed from the post of assistant minister of foreign affairs and Kong Changsheng no longer holds the post of vice minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.