The State Council announced the appointment of Xu Hui-yi as the Assistant Minister of Finance; the appointment of Liu Jinfeng as the Deputy Director of the National Health Committee; and the appointment of Ho Hongping as Vice-President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

At the same time, the State Council relieved Li Bin of the post of Deputy Director of the National Health Committee; the Deputy Director of the State Council Development Research Center of Yu Bin; and the Deputy Secretary of the National Foreign Exchange Administration of Wang Chun-ying.