Economic Observer Online
Feb 7, 2012
Translated by Song Chunling
Original Article: [Chinese]

According to a report by Kashgar News Online (喀什新闻网消息), Zhang Renliang (张仁良), the former deputy party secretary and district head of Shanghai's Jing'an District was appointed as the deputy party secretary of the prefectural party committee of Kashgar (中共喀什地委副书记) last month. The report also says that Mr. Zhang is now also deputy director of the standing committee for Frontline Support of Xinjiang in Shanghai (上海援疆前方指挥部常务副总指挥). in January, 2012.

Mr. Zhang was dismissed from both his government and party positions in June last year after an official investigation into the deadly fire that killed 58 people in a residential building in Shanghai on November 15, 2010.