Chinese Officials - Who is talking

Below is an attempt to identify and clarify who is saying what about the Chinese Melamine contamination (poisioning) crisis.

Hu Jintao, Chinese President & General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Hú Jǐntāo; (born 21 December 1942) is currently the Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China, holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China since 2002, President of the People's Republic of China since 2003, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2004, succeeding Jiang Zemin in the fourth generation leadership of the People's Republic of China. Since his ascendancy Hu has reinstated certain controls on the economy and has been largely conservative with political reforms. His foreign policy is seen as less conciliatory than that of his predecessor, though China's global influence has increased while he has been in office.

Wen Jiabao, Chinese Prime Minister, (born 15 September 1942) is the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, leading the country's cabinet. He also serves as a member of its Leading Party Members' Group and Secretary of the Financial Work Committee of the CPC Central Committee. Since taking office in 2003, Wen, ranked third in the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China hierarchy, has been a key part of the fourth generation of leadership in the Communist Party of China. Wen, having been dubbed "the people's premier" [1], has a commoner image with the public that separates him from the rest of China's power elite. Considered modest and approachable, Wen's populist approach to policy and his visible public persona has made him a very popular figure within China.

Li Changjiang, minister and Communist Party of China (CPC) party chief of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ). -Resigned-



Sun Zhengcai, Agriculture Minister





Song Tao, Chinese Ambassador to Philippines (standing on left)







Liu Jianchao, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman







Gao Qiang, Vice Health Minister





Ji Chuntang, (born January 1953 of Health, Hebei into Anren) In October 1983 to join the party, in October 1971 to participate in work and Tianjin University School of Management Science and Engineering graduate, postgraduate qualification in-service, management doctorate. Mayor of Shijiazhuang -Dismissed- Four officials in Shijiazhuang had been fired before Ji Chuntang. They included vice mayor in charge of agricultural production, head of animal husbandry and fishery bureau, director of food and drug administration and head of quality supervision bureau.

Xian Hui, Vice-Governor of Gansu

Zhao Xinchao, Vice Mayor of Shijiazhuang

Tian Wenhua, General Manager Sanlu (Dismissed)

Xue Jianzhong, Milk seller (Wanted by Police)

Jiang Weisuo, milk station operator who first spoke out about the tainted milk

Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau

Singapore's Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority

Zhang Xu, Veterinarian-Hangzhou Zhangxu Animal Hospital.

Xinhua News Agency (English)


Ministry of Commerce, Peoples Republic of China (English)



China Central Television


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Lin Fang-yue, Taiwan Health Minister -Resigned- The resignation of Health Minister Lin Fang-yue was accepted by Premier Liu Chao-shiuan yesterday. Lin is the first minister in the Liu cabinet to have his resignation accepted, having only served 129 days in office, in response to the melamine-tainted food incident. After Premier Liu Chao-shiuan accepted Lin’s resignation yesterday, Liu named Yeh Chin-chuan, Deputy Secretary-General of the Presidential Office, as the new Health Minister.