Guo Gengmao, deputy secretary of Hebei Provincial Committee of
the Communist Party of China (CPC), was appointed acting governor
of the northern province on Tuesday.
Guo, 56, was appointed at the 24th session of the Standing
Committee of the 10th Hebei Provincial People's Congress held in
Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital.
Guo, native of Jizhou city of Hebei, joined the CPC in 1972.
He is an alternate member of the 16th CPC Central Committee.
The session accepted the resignation of Ji Yunshi, Guo's
predecessor. Ji was already appointed vice-minister of Personnel
and head of the State Administration of Foreign Experts
Affairs.
(Xinhua News Agency November 1, 2006)