Wang Yang was elected secretary of the
Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC)
on Sunday.
Wang, born in March 1955, was elected to the post at the first
plenary session of the 3rd CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee held
in the southwestern Chongqing Municipality.
Wang is a native of Suzhou in east China's Anhui Province, and
he joined the CPC in 1975.
He is now an alternate member of the 16th CPC Central Committee
and has served as secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal
Committee since Dec. 2005.
(Xinhua News Agency May 28, 2007)