Ex-Chinese leader Hu Jintao's son appointed vice minister

Hu Haifeng promoted years after former president's removal from party congress

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Hu Haifeng was party chief of Lishui city, in Zhejiang province, for five and a half years before his latest appointment. © Reuters

YUKIO TAJIMA, Nikkei staff writer

BEIJING -- The son of former Chinese President Hu Jintao has been promoted to vice minister of civil affairs, following questions about his prospects after the near-absence of his father from the public eye since the 2022 Communist Party congress.

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