This undated file photo show Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong. (PHOTO / CCTV on WEIBO)

As approved by the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Ying Yong, mayor of Shanghai, was appointed Party chief of Hubei province, center of the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, Xinhua News Agency said on Thursday.

Ying Yong, 62, a native of Zhejiang province, began his career in 1976

Ying Yong was also appointed as a member and Standing Committee member of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee, it said.

Jiang Chaoliang will no longer hold the office, it added.

Ying Yong, 62, a native of Zhejiang province, began his career in 1976 and has rich working experience in Chinese political and legal affairs, including in the public security bureau and the courts.

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He became Shanghai mayor in early 2017.

File photo of Wang Zhonglin. (PHOTO / WEIBO OF PEOPLE'S DAILY)

Approved by the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Wang Zhonglin, Party chief of Jinan, capital of Shandong province, was appointed as Party chief of Wuhan, Hubei province, center of the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday.

Wang Zhonglin was also appointed as a member and a Standing Committee member of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee, it said.

Ma Guoqiang, the incumbent Wuhan Party chief, will no longer hold these offices as well as the deputy Party chief of Hubei, it said.

Wang Zhonglin, 57, a native of Shandong, joined the Party and started his career in 1984. He became the Jinan Party chief in 2018.