Non-Communist Member Appointed New Minister

From Xinhua:

China’s top legislature has approved the cabinet nomination of Wan Gang, a non-Communist party member, as the country’s new minister of science and technology. Wan, a member of the China Zhi Gong (Public Interest) Party, replaces 65-year-old Xu Guanhua, becoming the only current non-Communist party minister in China’s State Council.

This is a notable move in China’s political arena after top leader Hu Jintao urged the country’s other political parties to play an active role in pushing the reform and opening-up drive. In the 1950s a number of non-Communist members were appointed ministers in the country’s cabinet but they were soon dismissed during the “anti-rightist” movement.[Full Text]

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