BEIJING -- Li Qiang has been appointed as the secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), replacing Han Zheng, the CPC Central Committee announced Sunday.

Li will no longer serve as secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the CPC. He will be replaced by Lou Qinjian, who was formerly secretary of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee. Hu Heping has replaced Lou as secretary of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee.