Xu Lin has replaced Lu Wei as the head of the Office of the Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs, the State-run Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday, citing an official statement.

The new head, Xu Lin, 53, has been a deputy head of the office since June 2015.

He worked in the Standing Committee of Shanghai Municipal Committee of Communist Party of China  (CPC) from 2007 to 2015, according to news portal people.com.cn.

He replaces Lu Wei, 56, who had been the head since 2014. Lu is also the deputy head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee.

Xu was the vice secretary of the CPC Committee in Xigaze, Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region between 1995 and 1998 as one of the first Shanghai leaders sent to support Tibet.

Citing decisions made by the CPC Central Committee, the statement also said Lu Xinshe replaced Qiang Wei as secretary of the CPC Jiangxi Provincial Committee.

Qiang will no longer be a member of the Standing Committee of CPC Jiangxi Provincial Committee.

Wang Guosheng replaced Luo Huining as secretary of the CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee and a member of the CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee as well as its Standing Committee.

The statement said that Luo will not be given a new assignment.