Jiang Jufeng was re-elected governor of southwest China's Sichuan Province and Liu Qibao was elected top provincial legislator on Sunday at a session of the provincial legislature.
Jiang, born in 1948 in east China's Zhejiang Province, has been the provincial governor since January 2007. He has also been the deputy chief of the Communist Party of China Sichuan Committee since May 2007.
Liu Qibao, also chief of the Communist Party of China Sichuan Committee, was elected chairman of the Standing Committee of the Sichuan Provincial People's Congress, the provincial legislative body, at the first session of the 11th Sichuan Provincial People's Congress.
Born in 1953 in east China's Anhui Province, Liu was appointed the Sichuan provincial Party chief in December 2007. Before coming to Sichuan, Liu was Party chief of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
(Xinhua News Agency January 28, 2008)