China's new cabinet members nominated

The new lineup of China's State Council were nominated by Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on Monday.

Staff members prepare to distribute vote papers at the seventh plenary meeting of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 19, 2018. [Photo: Xinhua]

Han Zheng, Sun Chunlan, Hu Chunhua and Liu He were nominated vice-premiers, with Wei Fenghe, Wang Yong, Wang Yi, Xiao Jie and Zhao Kezhi state councilors. Xiao Jie was also nominated secretary-general of the State Council.

Li also nominated ministers, governor of the central bank and auditor-general.

The following is the list of the newly nominated officials:

-- Wang Yi, minister of foreign affairs;

-- Wei Fenghe, minister of national defense;

-- He Lifeng, head of the National Development and Reform Commission;

-- Chen Baosheng, minister of education;

-- Wang Zhigang, minister of science and technology;

-- Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology;

-- Bater, head of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission;

-- Zhao Kezhi, minister of public security;

-- Chen Wenqing, minister of state security;

-- Huang Shuxian, minister of civil affairs;

-- Fu Zhenghua, minister of justice;

-- Liu Kun, minister of finance;

-- Zhang Jinan, minister of human resources and social security;

-- Lu Hao, minister of natural resources;

-- Li Ganjie, minister of ecological environment;

-- Wang Menghui, minister of housing and urban-rural development;

-- Li Xiaopeng, minister of transport;

-- E Jingping, minister of water resources;

-- Han Changfu, minister of agriculture and rural affairs;

-- Zhong Shan, minister of commerce;

-- Luo Shugang, minister of culture and tourism;

-- Ma Xiaowei, head of National Health Commission;

-- Sun Shaocheng, minister of veterans affairs;

-- Wang Yupu, minister of emergency management;

-- Yi Gang, governor of the People's Bank of China;

-- Hu Zejun, auditor-general of the National Audit Office.