Todd Bishop
Singapore media “Lianhe Zaobao” quoted sources on Thursday (11th) as saying that the Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and spokesperson Hua Chunying is expected to replace Lu Hao this month and be promoted to the position of Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Department of North American Oceania (referred to as the US Department of Foreign Affairs), served as the Director.
According to earlier reports,Recently, Japan’s “Fuji News Channel” (FNN) photographed Hua Chunying’s appearance at the Central Party School. “East Weekly” revealed that Hua Chunying did not appear since the end of February because he participated in a training course for young and middle-aged cadres of the Central Party School organized by the Organization Department. It is understood that the training course for young and middle-aged cadres is a training course for cadres training reserve cadres, and many of the graduates have been promoted. Analysis pointed out that Hua Chunying may succeed Lu Hao as the director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Lianhe Zaobao reported on Thursday that sources said that Lu will host a regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs next week. This is probably the last time he publicly appeared as the director and spokesperson of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The source also pointed out that Lu Yi’s transfer to the US Department of Foreign Affairs means that his future career will have broader development and may be more heavily reused.
Former Deputy Director of the US Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The 51-year-old Lu Wei is a native of Jiangsu who has worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a long time. He studied for a master’s degree in public policy at the National University of Singapore from 2000 to 2001. Lu Hao is no stranger to the US Department of Foreign Affairs. He served as the deputy director of the division from 2010 to 2012. Lu Hao was the Minister of the Chinese Embassy in the United States from 2012 to 2015. Lu Hao has served as Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2015.
