On May 7th, the official website of the Nanjing Municipal Committee was updated in the \Organizational Window\ section to show that Wu Yongqiang and Gao Yan have taken up positions as members of the Nanjing Municipal Committee. Additionally, according to the official WeChat public account of the United Front Work Department of the Nanjing Municipal Committee, \Ning Xin Ju Li,\ Wu Yongqiang has been appointed as the Municipal Committee member and the head of the United Front Work Department.

On April 18th, the Organization Department of Jiangsu Province released a pre-announcement of provincial-level leading cadres' appointments, among which, Wu Yongqiang and Gao Yan are intended to be appointed as members of the Standing Committee of the municipal committee of a sub-provincial city.

Public information shows that Wu Yongqiang was born in October 1968, is from Ningbo, Zhejiang, and holds a graduate degree from the provincial party school. He started working in July 1992 and joined the party in June 1991. He has long worked in Nanjing, serving as a member of the Standing Committee of the Yuhuatai District Committee of Nanjing, Secretary of the District Political and Legal Affairs Committee, a member of the Standing Committee of the Gulou District Committee, Executive Deputy District Head, District Head of Gaochun, and Secretary of the Gaochun District Committee, among other positions.

In July 2021, Wu Yongqiang was appointed as the Secretary of the Pukou District Committee of Nanjing City, and concurrently a member of the Party Working Committee of Nanjing Jiangbei New Area. In April 2022, he served as the Director of the Nanjing Jiangbei New Area Management Committee, the Director of the Nanjing High-Tech Industrial Development Zone Management Committee, and the Director of the Nanjing Area Management Committee of the China (Jiangsu) Pilot Free Trade Zone, as well as the Secretary of the Pukou District Committee, until his new appointment.

Earlier, Lu Weidong, a member of the Nanjing Municipal Committee, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Nanjing Jiangbei New Area, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Nanjing High-tech Industrial Development Zone, and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Nanjing section of the China (Jiangsu) Pilot Free Trade Zone, has concurrently taken on the role of Secretary of the Pukou District Committee.

Gao Yan was born in February 1973, from Suining, Jiangsu Province, with an on-the-job university degree and a bachelor's degree. He started working in June 1994 and joined the party in July 1994. He has served as the director of the Comprehensive Assessment Department of the Organization Department of Jiangsu Province, a first-level inspector, and the deputy director of the Leading Group Office for Party Building Work of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee. Prior to his new appointment, Gao Yan was the deputy head of the Organization Department of Jiangsu Province and the director of the Provincial Civil Service Bureau.

Previously, Wang Hua, who served as a member of the Nanjing Municipal Committee and the head of the Organization Department, was transferred in March to serve as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Secretary of the Party Committee of the Shanghai Branch, and the President of the Shanghai Branch, as well as the Secretary of the Party Committee of the Shanghai area of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.