Wu Xinxiong was re-elected governor of Jiangxi Province January 28, 2008.
NANCHANG, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Wu Xinxiong was re-elected as the governor of Jiangxi Province and Su Rong the provincial top legislator on Monday at a session of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress, the provincial legislature.
Wu, born in 1949 as a native of eastern Jiangsu Province, has been in the post since January 2007.
The provincial governor is head of the provincial government responsible for the economic, political, personnel, environmental and foreign affairs issues of the province. He ranks second in the province behind the secretary of the provincial committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
Su Rong was appointed head of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Jiangxi Province January 28, 2008.
Su Rong, born in 1948 in the northeast Jilin Province, has been the Communist Party chief of Jiangxi since November 2007.
Jiangxi has a population of around 41 million and covers an area of 166,600 square kilometers. It is dubbed as the cradle of the modern Chinese revolution led by the CPC. The early CPC leaders built the first rural revolutionary base in the Jinggangshan Mountains in the province in 1927.
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January 28, Shanghai Daily - WU Xinxiong was reappointed governor of Jiangxi Province at the third plenary meeting of the first session of the 11th People's Congress of Jiangxi this morning.
Wu, 59, was born in Jiangsu Province. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1979 and has served as governor of Jiangxi Province since January 2007.
Wu is also a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee.
Su Rong was appointed head of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Jiangxi Province.
Su, 60, was born in Jilin Province and joined the Communist Party of China in 1970.
He is a member of 16th and 17th CPC Central Committee.
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