More non-communist Chinese talents will be appointed as chiefs, rather than deputy heads, of governmental agencies. The statement was issued by the United Front Department of the CPC Central Committee on Sunday after a conference was held to enforce a newly introduced CPC human resources guideline.

Minister of Health Ministry: Chen Zhu.

Currently, two ministers in the cabinet are not members of the ruling Communist Party of China: the ministers of the Health Ministry and the Ministry of Science and Technology. The statement said that concrete efforts should be made to reserve more vacancies for non-CPC member individuals to be heads or directors of government departments.

It also pledged to put in place training, supporting and supervisory mechanisms as well as institutional arrangements to safeguard the implementation. At the end of 2010, about 32,000 non-CPC members worked as senior officials of governments, legislatures and judicial authorities at county or above-county levels.

Minister of Ministry of Science and Technology: Wan Gang

More vacancies as gov't heads for non-CPC members. Supportive mechanisms to be built for the implementation

32,000 non-CPC members worked as senior officials at various levels of gov't, legislatures and judicial authorities at end of 2010.