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- Shanghai municipal government appointed Zhu Zhongming as party chief, positioning him to become mayor.
- Zhu, 54, is a career finance official who previously served in Zhejiang province.
- Zhu replaces mayor Gong Zheng as party chief.
- Chen Jining remains Shanghai’s top party secretary.
- Zhu’s appointment occurs a year before the next national party congress.
