A new Beijing municipal government was elected during the first
meeting of the 12th people's congress of Beijing which concluded
yesterday.
Elected by more than 700 delegates, Meng Xuenong was elected mayor
of the Beijing municipal government, while Liu Jingmin, Zhao Mao,
Zhai Hongxiang, Liu Zhihua, Sun Anmin, Fan Boyuan, Niu Youcheng and
Lu Hao were elected vice mayors.
Averaging 51 years of age, the new government is widely considered
to be relatively young and well educated. The mayor and all of the
vice mayors hold either bachelor's or master's degrees.
The new mayor, Meng Xuenong, 53, a master's degree holder, was born
in east China's Shandong Province. He has worked in Beijing and in
east China's Zhejiang Province. In December 1998, he was elected as
a member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal
Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and deputy mayor of
the Beijing municipal government.
Lu
Hao, 35, the youngest of the new lineup, holds a master's degree in
economics from prestigious Peking University. He will be in charge
of the city's industrial sector.
Niu Youcheng, a former CPC district committee secretary in the
Daxing District of Beijing, is familiar with the city's
agricultural sector.
Fan Boyuan served as a Party secretary and as director of the
Beijing Science and Technology Commission before being elected vice
mayor.
Sun Anmin served as chairman of the Beijing Federation of Industry
and Commerce before being elected vice mayor.
(Xinhua News Agency January 20, 2003)