TAIYUAN, October 30 (Xinhua) -- The first plenary session of
the 8th Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of
China (CPC) elected its leaders Tuesday.
   Tian Chengping was elected as secretary of the 8th CPC Shanxi
Provincial Committee. Liu Zhenhua, Liu Zemin, Zhang Baoshun, Hou
Wujie and Jin Yinhuan were elected deputy secretaries.
   Jin Yinhuan was also elected secretary of the Shanxi Provincial
Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC. Zhang Luxu, Wang
Junzhong, Liu Huansheng and Li Tansheng were elected deputy
secretaries of the commission.
   Tian Chengping, a native of Daming County, Hebei Province,
graduated from the Civil Engineering and Architecture Department
of Qinghua University in 1968.
   Tian used to work for Beijing's Yanshan Petrochemical
Corporation and has acted as deputy secretary of the CPC Yanshan
Petrochemical Corporation Committee and secretary of the CPC
Xicheng District Committee of Beijing.
   He was governor of Qinghai Province from 1993 to 1997 and
chairman of the Standing Committee of the Qinghai Provincial
People's Congress from 1998 to 1999.
   He was appointed as a Standing Committee member and secretary
of the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee in June 1999.  Enditem