The Communist Party chief in China's far northwest Xinjiang region, where Beijing is accused of having carried out a massive crackdown on Muslim minorities, is leaving the post after some seven years, Chinese state-run media said on Sunday.
Chen Quanguo, who is on a US blacklist for his role in the alleged mistreatment of ethnic Uyghurs and other Muslims, is to be replaced by Ma Xingrui, governor of Guangdong province.
He's not the governor. In this case, I've heard on twitter this move was done because XJ is going to transition from stability/counter-terrorism to a larger focus on development and high tech (the guy was in charge of PRC's space program at one point) as part of BRI and common prosperity. Interestingly, this coincides with a new plan to build a financial center in the Chengdu-Chongqing area for BRI.