China military vice chair joins Communist Party’s Politburo

BEIJING, Oct 29 (Reuters) – The vice chair ​of China’s Central ‌Military Commission Zhang Shengmin has been promoted to ​the ruling ​Communist Party’s Politburo, an announcement ⁠on Thursday showed.

Zhang’s ​promotion to the ​Politburo, the top decision-making body of the party, was ​announced at a key ​party meeting held in Beijing ‌this ⁠week, also known as the “fifth plenum”, state news agency Xinhua ​reported.A ​veteran ⁠military official, the 68-year-old was ​promoted to become ​the country’s ⁠number two general last year, at the ⁠fourth ​plenum.

Reporting by ​Beijing newsroom; Editing by Emelia ​Sithole-Matarise and Ros Russell