On Sept 6, the State Council issued a circular on the leadership restructuring on the State Council Three Gorges Project Construction Committee.

According to the circular, 13 new committee members were appointed, and 14 members were dismissed in accordance with personnel adjustment and work demands.

The newly appointed committee members are: Zhao Yingmin, vice minister of Environmental Protection; Ni Hong, vice minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development; Liu Ning, vice minister of Water Resources; Pan Gongsheng, deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China; Liu Dongsheng, vice administrator of the State Forestry Administration; Zhang Yaping, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Cao Yu, vice chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission; Li Yangzhe, deputy director of the National Energy Administration; Liu Yuzhu, director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage; Ren Zhenhe, vice governor of Hubei province; Liu Qiang, vice mayor of Chongqing municipality; Shu Yinbiao, president of the State Grid Corp, and Wei Shanzhong, director of Yangtze River Water Resources Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources.

In addition to Wang Guosheng, deputy director of the State Council Three Gorges Project Construction Committee, 13 people were removed from the committee: Zhai Qing, Chen Dawei, Jiao Yong, Liu Shiyu, Zhang Jianlong, Shi Erwei, Zhou Mubing, Liu Qi, Li Xiaojie, Liang Huiling, Zhang Ming, Liu Zhenya, and Liu Yaming.