China names party chief for emergency management ministry after ousting former minister

BEIJING, March 27 (Reuters) – Zhang Chengzhong was ​named ‌party chief of China’s Ministry of Emergency ‌Management ​on ⁠Friday, the ⁠ministry said in a statement issued on ​its website.

The former ⁠minister ⁠of emergency ​management, Wang Xiangxi, ​had been placed ‌under investigation for suspected “serious violations ⁠of discipline and law,” and was ⁠removed ‌from the ⁠post ​of ‌minister in ​February.

(Reporting by ⁠Xiuhao Chen and Ryan Woo; Editing by Aidan ​Lewis)