The State Council in Beijing has appointed Huang Liuquan, a former deputy director of its Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO), as a deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), the Liaison Office announced in a statement yesterday.
According to the statement, Huang, born in October 1964, holds a master’s degree in Civil Law from Peking University.
Before his appointment to his new post that took effect yesterday, Huang had been a deputy director of the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office since December 2016.
According to yesterday’s statement, Huang started working in July 1986.
Huang had held various senior positions in the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, before being appointed as a deputy director there in December 2016.
The Liaison Office in the MSAR has four deputy directors in its organisational structure.
After Huang’s appointment to his new post yesterday, the Liaison Office in the MSAR now has two serving deputy directors, i.e., two of the four deputy director positions are still left vacant. The other deputy director of the Liaison Office is Yan Zhichan.
The Liaison Office in the MSAR has been headed by Zheng Xincong since May this year. Zheng is the highest-ranking official of the Central People’s Government posted to the MSAR.
Undated file photo of Huang Liuquan, a newly appointed deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the MSAR – Photo courtesy of Liaison Office
