China News Agency, Washington, January 27 (Reporter Chen Mengtong) US President Biden announced on the 27th that Jeff Zienz, the former White House coordinator for the new crown epidemic, will succeed Ron Klein as White House chief of staff.

  Klein is a long-term political adviser to Biden, and the two have cooperated for 36 years.

The American media generally believe that this personnel change indicates that Biden has begun to line up for his re-election campaign in 2024.

  In his statement, Biden recalled his initial experience working with Klein on the Senate Judiciary Committee and praised the latter for building the most diverse and talented White House team in history.

  Klein's next steps have not been made public.

However, he mentioned in his resignation letter to Biden that "if you choose to run for re-election in 2024, I will do my best to help, just like I did in the 1988, 2008 and 2020 campaigns."

  Zients (Jeff Zients), 57, is also a senior political adviser to the Democrats.

He served as director of the National Economic Council and acting director of the Office of Management and Budget during the Obama administration.

After Biden took office, he served as the White House COVID-19 Coordinator from January 2021 to April 2022.

  "Zienz is known as the 'firefighter'. He has been entrusted with important tasks in the two Democratic administrations to deal with difficult issues." The New York Times commented that Zienz had assisted Obama in repairing the collapse of the medical insurance platform, and was in the At the beginning of his tenure, Biden was responsible for coordinating the response to the new crown epidemic.

  According to American public opinion, Zionz will face two major challenges after assuming his new post. One is to deal with the investigation of Biden’s mishandling of confidential documents; the other is how to build momentum for the Biden administration’s economic policies and legislative achievements.

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