Chen Jianguo, a member of the 16th Communist
Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, was elected secretary of
the CPC Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional Committee on Sunday.
Chen was elected to the post at the first plenary session of the
10th CPC Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional Committee held in
Yinchuan, capital of Ningxia, in northwest China.
Chen was born in Rongcheng county of eastern Shandong Province
in July 1945 and joined the CPC in 1966. He graduated from a
special course offered by the economics department of Shandong
University in 1982.
Chen had served as vice governor of Shandong Province and deputy
secretary of the CPC Shandong provincial committee before he was
elected secretary of the CPC Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional
Committee in June 2002.
(Xinhua News Agency June 11, 2007)