Qian Yunlu was elected secretary of the
Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China
(CPC) on Friday.
Qian, born in Oct. 1944, was elected to the post at the first
plenary session of the 10th CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee
held in Harbin, capital of the northeastern province.
Qian is a native of Dawu, in central China's Hubei Province, and
he joined the CPC in 1965. He graduated from Hubei University in
1967.
He is now a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee and has
served as secretary of the CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee
since Dec. 2005.
(Xinhua News Agency April 28, 2007)