Urumqi party chief sacked

BEIJING, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- The party chief of Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was removed from his post Saturday.

Li Zhi, secretary of the Urumqi Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), was replaced by Zhu Hailun, secretary of the CPC Xinjiang Autonomous Regional Political and Legislative Affairs Committee, according to a decision by the CPC Xinjiang Autonomous Regional Committee.

There was also a leadership change in the Xinjiang Autonomous Regional Public Security Department.