beijing china saturday appoint new top official southern export powerhouse province guangdong whose former leader source say likely promote vice premier part reshuffle end communist party congress president xi jinping wednesday unveil new senior leadership end twice-a-decade congress new members appoint three elite party body run china next weeks months series reshuffle take place party move people new party government position others retire brief statement official xinhua news agency say li xi move post party boss northeastern province liaoning run guangdong province party chief replace incumbent hu chunhua guangdong border former british colony hong kong one china economically important provinces xinhua say position hu would assume source tie leadership say likely promote become one china vice premier hu spend large part career work restive tibet consider candidate stand committee seven-man party body china elite rule body head xi fail make three source leadership tie tell reuters jiangsu party boss li qiang tip replace han zheng shanghai party secretary li one xi jinping men one source say li 58 native eastern coastal province zhejiang secretary general provincial party committee xi latter zhejiang party boss 2002 2007. li strong contender promote stand committee next congress 2022 another source say appoint 25-member politburo stand committee wednesday former shanghai leader han 63 likely become executive first rank vice premier next march annual meet parliament source say state council information office double party spokesman office immediately respond request comment china 's guangdong get new party boss former leader likely promote