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Zhang Jin, former Party secretary of Health Commission of Hubei Province, and Liu Yingzi, former director of the same health commission, were removed from office on Tuesday.

Wang Hesheng, a newly-appointed standing committee member of CPC Hubei Provincial Committee, will take over the vacancy.

Wang has been the deputy head of the country's top health authority since 2016, and will now take charge of the healthcare reform, medical administration and primary health, according to the official website of the National Health Commission.