The appointment of Zhang Shengmin to the post comes amid the biggest reshuffle in eight years to the upper echelons of China’s Communist Party (CCP), with 11 members of its Central Committee replaced.
A veteran political officer, Zhang, 67, has served as the CMC’s secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission since 2017, effectively acting as the top anti-corruption watchdog within the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
Zhang Shengmin, the newly-appointed vice chair of the Central Military Commission, has been a key figure in enforcing President Xi Jinping’s sweeping clean-up of the military.BEIJING: China has appointed a new vice chairman of its top military decision-making body, the Central Military Commission (CMC), as a sweeping purge shakes the top ranks of its armed forces.
He has been a key figure in enforcing President Xi Jinping’s sweeping military clean-up, overseeing investigations that have brought down dozens of senior officers in recent years.
