China Netcom’s vice chairman, executive dir resign
HONG KONG, July 13 – China Netcom Group Corp. (Hong Kong) Ltd. , the smaller of the country’s two fixed-line operators, said its vice chairman Tian Suning had resigned due to a heavy workload from his other business.
Executive director Miao Jianhua also resigned and had taken a position at China United Telecommunications Corp., the company said in a statement late on Thursday.
Li Jianguo has been appointed to replace Miao as an executive director and chairman of the board’s supervision committee with effect from July 12.
Li holds a senior management position in Netcom’s parent, China Network Communications Group Corp. and was an executive director of China Unicom Ltd. .