Zhang Gong, China’s top market regulator, has been named as acting mayor of Tianjin following the sudden death of his predecessor.
Zhang, 60, who has headed the State Administration for Market Regulation since July 2020, was named as deputy Communist Party chief of the northern port city on Saturday before the city’s legislature confirmed him in the role of acting mayor on Tuesday.
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