CCP Names New Party Leader of Xinjiang

Chen Xiaojiang, 63, will take the helm as the new communist party secretary of Xinjiang.
CCP Names New Party Leader of Xinjiang
An alleged detention facility in northwestern Xinjiang region, China, on July 19, 2023. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has appointed a new top official for the far-western Xinjiang region, placing a senior cadre with experience in propaganda and ideological control in the sensitive post.

In a brief, one-paragraph statement released July 1, state-run Xinhua News Agency said the CCP Central Committee had “recently decided” to appoint Chen Xiaojiang as the new party secretary of Xinjiang.