¡¡¡¡HANGZHOU, Oct. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- Xi Jinping was elected acting governor of Zhejiang Province in east China at the 38th session ofthe Standing Committee of Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress Saturday.

¡¡¡¡The meeting also accepted the resignation of Zhejiang's former governor Chai Songyue, who will be given a new appointment by the central government.

¡¡¡¡Xi Jinping was born in Beijing in June, 1953, and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1974. He graduated from the Chemical Engineering Department of Qinghua University.

¡¡¡¡Serving in official posts in Fujian Province over the past years, he was made deputy secretary of CPC Fujian Provincial Committee and acting governor of Fujian in August, 1999, and then become deputy secretary of CPC Fujian Provincial Committee and governor of Fujian in January, 2000. Enditem