Lu Hao was elected secretary of the Gansu Provincial Committee of
the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Saturday.
Lu, born in April 1947, was elected to the post at the first
plenary session of the 11th CPC Gansu Provincial Committee held in
Lanzhou, capital of the northwestern province.
Lu is a native of Changli, in north China's Hebei Province, and
he joined the CPC in 1981. He graduated from Lanzhou University in
1982.
He is now a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee and has
served as secretary of the CPC Gansu Provincial Committee since
July 2006.
(Xinhua News Agency April 29, 2007)
