Ma Xingrui leaves Guangdong, with Wang Weizhong succeeding him at the helm of the province
Ma Xingrui, governor of the Guangdong province, and until now the counterpart of the Canton of Zurich in the subnational relationship between the Swiss Canton and Guangdong, has been assigned the role of party secretary of Xinjiang province, handing over the baton to Wang Weizhong. Assessment Ma, a technocrat who served as governor of the country’s economic powerhouse Guangdong since 2017, is widely expected among foreign “China commentators” to strengthen the economic aspect