Political faction of the Chinese Communist Party
The Fujian clique refers to a group of Chinese politicians closely allied with Xi Jinping , General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party . Xi developed this network of trusted allies during his time in Fujian from 1985 to 2002[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Zhejiang called the New Zhijiang Army .[ 4]
Members
Wang Xiaohong , State Councilor and Minister of Public Security ,[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] Deng Weiping , member of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security ,[ 5] He Weidong , Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission ,[ 2] [ 7] [ 8] Zhuang Rongwen , Director of the Cyberspace Administration of China ,[ 9] He Lifeng , Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China ,[ 4] Cai Qi , First Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party ,[ 4] [ 10] Miao Hua , Director of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission [ 11] Zhao Keshi , Director of the Logistic Support Department of the Central Military Commission (2012–2017)[ 12] Cai Yingting , Commander of Nanjing Military Region (2012–2016)[ 12] Huang Kunming , Communist Party Secretary of Guangdong [ 13]
References
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