Shortly before today’s meeting of China’s top advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), its Deputy Secretary-General Zhang Xiaoming was unexpectedly dismissed. State broadcaster CCTV reported this on Sunday without providing any details. He had served in the position since 2022. The change was part of a „series of normal reshuffles,“ a Hong Kong delegate of the National People’s Congress (NPC) told the South China Morning Post. Zhang is 60 years old, meaning that his removal cannot have been due to age.