The State Council appoints and dismisses state functionaries. Xu Chengguang was appointed Vice Minister of transport; Shi Taifeng was appointed president of the Chinese Academy of social sciences. Lin Rui was removed from the post of vice minister of public security; Liu Wei was removed from the post of deputy director of emergency management department; Liu Guiping was removed from the post of vice president of the people's Bank of China; Xie Fuzhan was removed from the post of president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Jiang Hui was removed from the post of vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and director of the Institute of contemporary China; Li Ping was removed from the post of president of science and technology daily; Li Xinming was removed from the post of deputy political commissar of Xinjiang production and Construction Corps. (Xinhua News Agency)