Wang Zhiming officially appointed head of Liaison Office in Macau

Bejing has officially named Wang Zhiming the new director of the central government’s Liaison Office in Macau, according to an announcement yesterday by the Chinese State Council. Prior to taking up his current post Mr. Wang was a deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council. Meanwhile, Li Gang, who previously headed the local Liaison Office, has been appointed vice head of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the Council. At the beginning of this month the deputy head of the co-ordination department of the Liaison Office in Macau, Bian Tao, told Portuguese news agency Lusa that Mr. Li had left the Office on June 30. Mr. Li took up the local Liaison Office position in early 2013.