Posted 1/16/2024, 11:06:54 AM
Hu Haifeng, Son of Ex-President, Promoted to Deputy Minister After Quiet Rise
- Hu Haifeng, son of former Chinese president Hu Jintao, promoted to deputy civil affairs minister after serving 10 years in regional posts
- Spent 5 years as Communist Party boss of small city Lishui before appointment
- Worked as engineer and executive in state-owned companies before entering government in 2013
- Seen as keeping low profile and avoiding unnecessary attention
- Promotion comes decade after entering politics, shows stricter rules for promoting top leaders' descendants under President Xi