As acting mayor of Wuhan City, [Yangtze River Delta Daily] Sheng Yuechun, a native of Hangzhou, was promoted to deputy governor of Hubei Province after crossing the province.
1. After Sheng Yuechun, a native of Hangzhou, was promoted to the vice governor of Hubei Province across provinces, he became the acting mayor of Wuhan City.
According to the "Wuhan People's Congress" WeChat public account, on May 28, the 18th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 15th Municipal People's Congress was held. The meeting decided to accept Cheng Yongwen's resignation as mayor of Wuhan Municipal People's Government.
After being nominated by the Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee Directors' Meeting, the meeting voted and unanimously approved the appointment of Sheng Yuechun as the deputy mayor of the Wuhan Municipal People's Government, and decided that Sheng Yuechun would be the acting mayor of the Wuhan Municipal People's Government.
On the afternoon of May 29, the 10th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th Hubei Provincial People's Congress voted and decided to appoint Cheng Yongwen as the deputy governor of Hubei Province.
According to the public resume, Sheng Yuechun, male, Han nationality, born in March 1968, is from Hangzhou, Zhejiang, has a university degree, a master's degree in public administration, and is a member of the Communist Party of China. He has worked in Hangzhou for a long time and has served successively as deputy director of Hangzhou Environmental Protection Bureau, member of the Standing Committee of Hangzhou Xiacheng District Committee and deputy district chief, district chief of Hangzhou Xihu District, and chief of Xiaoshan District of Hangzhou. In 2011, Sheng Yuechun was appointed as the Party Secretary of Jianggan District of Hangzhou City. In 2016, he was appointed as the Party Secretary of Xiaoshan District. In 2017, he was appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Xiaoshan District Party Committee. In 2018, Sheng Yuechun was appointed mayor of Shaoxing City, and in November 2021, he was appointed secretary of the Shaoxing Municipal Party Committee. In January 2023, Sheng Yuechun was transferred to the position of deputy governor and member of the Party Leadership Group of the Hubei Provincial Government, taking up his new post.
2. Jiangsu held a high-level meeting specifically for these three cities.
On May 28, Jiangsu held a work conference on high-quality development of coastal areas in the province in Nantong. There are three coastal cities in Jiangsu, including Nantong City, Lianyungang City, and Yancheng City. The main leader of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee pointed out that managing the ocean and striving to strengthen the sea are major issues that General Secretary Xi Jinping has been thinking about and planning. The General Secretary is very concerned about the development of Jiangsu's coastal areas and has given cordial entrustments and important instructions to the three coastal cities.
Among the "1+3" key functional zones in Jiangsu Province, the coastal area is the largest potential growth pole; in the national major regional development strategy, the coastal area is an important development belt in the Yangtze River Delta region; in the construction of a new development pattern of services, the coastal area has the conditions Create a new pivot for east-west two-way opening up. It is necessary to base on the natural geographical situation, grasp the trend of productivity layout, accelerate the exploration of the road to strengthen the maritime province, and show a vivid picture of the strong rivers and the prosperous seas.
3. In the Yangtze River Delta, Yangzhou’s “three public services” expenditures have increased the most
In 2023, the Central Economic Work Conference mentioned that "party and government agencies must get used to living a tight life." In March this year, the Minister of Finance stated that he would continue to strictly control expenditures on "three official" expenses, vehicle purchase and operation expenses, and official reception expenses), and strictly implement regulations on conference catering, asset allocation, government procurement, etc.
As of May 23, among the 41 cities in the Yangtze River Delta, excluding Huzhou and Chuzhou, which have not released data, 16 of the remaining 39 cities have increased their municipal-level "three public" budgets in 2024 compared with 2023. Among them, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province increased by 41.22% year-on-year, making it the city in the Yangtze River Delta region with the highest increase in "three public services" expenses in 2024. The Yangzhou Municipal Finance Bureau explained: "Three official expenses, conference fees, and training fees have increased significantly, mainly because various official activities have gradually returned to pre-epidemic levels."
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