The Ministry of Transport has announced that Mr Tang Guanjun is to be the new director of Yangtze River Administration of Navigational Affairs. Before that, Mr Tang was Director of the Yangtze Waterway Bureau under the Yangtze River Administration, in charge of modernising the waterway, with the goal of promoting safety and good sailing conditions for all shippers.
Mr Tang was involved in the management of Gezhouba Dam Shiplocks for over 10 years before being transferred in 1996 to the Three Gorges Dam project, responsible for navigational affairs. Between January 1998 and October 2003, he was first the chief of director’s office and then executive deputy director of the Administrative Bureau of Navigational Affairs of the Three Gorges Dam. In April 2000, he was promoted to the position of deputy director of the Yangtze River Administration of Navigational Affairs under the ministry. He became director of the Yangtze Waterway Bureau in July 2005, spearheading the multi-million-dollar ‘digital waterway’ programme. He has been a member of the steering committee of the Yangtze Business Network since 2007.