03 Dec 2020

Ministry of Commerce gets a new boss

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On Wednesday, Wang Wentao was appointed the new Party secretary of the Ministry of Commerce (MofCom).

Wang is taking over the job from Zhong Shan (who is also the minister of commerce) who reached retirement age in October.

Wang doesn’t strike us as a typical MofCom guy:

After graduating f...