China’s Xi Appoints New Speech Writer, Signaling More Personnel Changes to Come: Analyst

Jiang Jinquan, who has been promoted to become director of the Central Policy Research Office of CCP Central Committee, speaks at a press conference in Beijing, on Nov. 1, 2019. The position is in charge of drafting speeches and major policies for the CCP leader. GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s speech writer was quietly changed to Jiang Jinquan from Wang Huning, who had been in that role for over two decades.

As director of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Policy Research Office (CPRO), Wang has an influential role drafting not only major speeches, but many of Xi’s key policies.