Complex sentence: Among other positions, he was once the Mayor of Shenzhen, Executive Vice-Governor of Hunan province, and Governor of Shanxi province, and Party Branch Secretary and Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Culture.
Split into simpler sentences: Among other positions, he was once the Mayor of Shenzhen, Executive Vice-Governor of Hunan province, and Governor of Shanxi province. He was then transferred to serve as Party Branch Secretary and Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Culture.