Following the transfer of former Tianjin Vice Mayor Yao Laiying (姚来英) to Hunan in mid-October, Shenyang-Fushun New District (SFND) CCP Committee Vice Party Secretary and SFND Work Committee Chair Lian Maojun (连茂君) was transferred into Tianjin to be Yao’s replacement on 5 November.
Tianjin officialdom has witnessed a series of high-profile personnel reshuffle in recent weeks, including the ouster of a retired statistics bureau head, the demotion of an incumbent finance bureau head, the outbound-transfer of a former vice mayor, and the inbound-transfer of a number of officials from Jiangsu. Lian’s appointment is just the latest.