Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will retain his job and also be promoted to a state councillor, according to a list of nominations for posts for a government reshuffle announced today.

Wei Fenghe, who already sits on the Central Military Commission which runs China’s armed forces, has been nominated for defence minister, while Chen Wenqing will retain his job as minister of state security.

The list was read out in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People with reporters present and will be formally voted on later in the morning.

Reuters