New party boss for China’s ministry of transport

Yang Chuantang, a seasoned politician who has no shipping background, has been appointed secretary of China’s Communist Party’s committee in the Ministry of Transport.

The move sends strong hints that Mr Yang will replace standing minister Li Shenglin in China’s once in-a-decade leadership transition this autumn.

Mr Yang, once a worker in a chemical fertiliser plant and who studied Chinese literature, does...

This full article is available to Lloyd's List DCN subscribers only.

If you are already a subscriber, please sign in below.

If you're not a subscriber and would like to experience the full benefits of Lloyd's List DCN with a 14 day trial, please click here.

Alternatively, click here to subscribe.

Please log in

Forgot your password?

If you have forgotten your password, click here to retrieve it.

Login Name

Password

Daily Top Stories

• INTERNATIONAL: New model IMO seeks to adapt to shipping’s changing environment
• ASIA: Split MOL Comfort continues to drift
• ASIA: MISC sells very large crude carrier for US$37.5m
• ASIA: Japan and Shipowners P&I clubs’ free reserves soar
• INTERNATIONAL: World’s top three box lines form mega-alliance
• INTERNATIONAL: Product tanker numbers set to swell
• LOCAL: Another MUA strike at PWCS in Newcastle
• LOCAL: AutoStrad bound for Botany
• LOCAL: Volumes and value of Aus wood exports falling