Li Keqiang was elected secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Thursday.

Li, 51, was elected to the post at the first session of the 10th CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee held in Shenyang.

Li is a native of Dingyuan County, east China's Anhui Province, and he joined the CPC in 1976.

He graduated from Law Department of Beijing University in 1982, and he holds a bachelor's degree in law and a doctoral degree in economics obtained from his on-the-job postgraduate study at the School of Economics of Beijing University from 1988 to 1995.

He is now a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee and has served as secretary of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee since December 2004.

(Xinhua News Agency October 27, 2006)