Han Changfu, former deputy governor of
northeast China's Jilin Province, was elected governor of the
province by the provincial legislature on Wednesday.
Han was elected to the post at the fifth session of the 10th
Jilin Provincial People's Congress.
Han, 53, graduated from Renmin University of China with a major
in Agronomics.
He served as a Standing Committee member of the Communist Youth
League of China (CYLC) Central Committee in the 1980s and
1990s.
Han worked as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture from August
2001 until he was appointed deputy director of the Research Office
of the State Council in May 2003.
He was elected acting governor of Jilin in Dec. 2006.
Han is also a member of the 16th Central Commission for
Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
(Xinhua News Agency January 25, 2007)