[Epoch Times, May 2, 2022]After Shi Taifeng, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the Communist Party of China, resigned, he was transferred to the President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group. Hong Kong media quoted sources as saying that the Academy of Social Sciences is only a temporary transition institution for Shi Taifeng.
According to the “Academy Leadership” column on the website of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on May 1, Shi Taifeng, the former secretary of the Party Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the Communist Party of China, has replaced Xie Fuzhan as the president and secretary of the Party group of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Shi Taifeng stepped down as Secretary of the Party Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on April 30, and was replaced by Sun Shaocheng, former Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs.
At that time, the official report stated that Shi Taifeng had “another appointment”. Make the outside world pay attention to his next career.
Shi Taifeng was born in 1956 and is a native of Yushe, Shanxi Province. He used to be the director of the Political and Legal Teaching and Research Department and the head of the Organization Department of the Central Party School, and the vice president of the Central Party School. Since December 2015, he has served as deputy secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, acting governor and governor; in April 2017, he was appointed as the secretary of the Party Committee of Ningxia Autonomous Region, and in October 2019, he was appointed as the secretary of the Party Committee of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
When Shi Taifeng was the Secretary of the Party Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia forced primary and secondary schools to use Chinese instead of Mongolian as the language of instruction, and implemented a unified Chinese teaching plan. It triggered a large-scale protest movement among the Mongolian people. People worry that the Mongolian unique language and culture will be wiped out.
Shi Taifeng’s career change attracts attention. Shi Taifeng reached the 65-year-old retirement age for ministerial-level officials last year, and has been “overaged service” until this adjustment.
The Central News Agency reported that the general retirement age for cadres at provincial and ministerial levels is 65, but Shi Taifeng, who was born in 1956, will be re-elected as secretary of the party committee in Inner Mongolia in November 2021. Before this personnel transfer, he was the only provincial-level local officer who “overaged service” except for the member of the Politburo who is also in charge of the local government (such as Cai Qi, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee).
Shi Taifeng became the president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences this time. An analysis article by Hong Kong media “Ming Pao” said that some sources pointed out that the Academy of Social Sciences is only a temporary transition institution for Shi Taifeng. Vice-Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.
Hong Kong’s “Sing Tao Daily” also quoted sources as saying that Shi Taifeng may be promoted to the vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in March next year.
In the past month, the CCP has replaced the party secretary of many provinces: on March 29, it announced the adjustment of the positions of the party secretary of Hubei, Qinghai and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regions, and on April 22, it announced the replacement of the top leaders in Hebei and Sichuan.
Responsible editor: Fang Xiao#