¡¡ BEIJING, January 3 (Xinhuanet) -- Song Zhaosu has been named as
secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) provincial
committee of Gansu Province in northwest China, replacing Sun Ying.

¡¡ Born in 1941, Song is a native of Nanyang in central Henan
Province.
¡¡ Song graduated from the Department of Politics of Zhengzhou
University in 1964 and joined the CPC in 1965.
¡¡ Until 1998, Song served as a government and Party official at
county, prefectural and provincial levels in Henan, and his posts
included vice governor and vice secretary of the provincial CPC
committee.
¡¡ In April 1998, he was transferred to Gansu as an acting
governor, and in November 1998, he was elected as a vice secretary
of the provincial CPC committee of Gansu.
¡¡ In January 1999, Song was elected as the provincial governor of
Gansu.
¡¡ He was a delegate to the 13th and 14th CPC National Congresses
and an alternate member of the 15th CPC Central Committee. Enditem