XI'AN, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Legislature of northwest China's Shaanxi Province Wednesday approved the nomination of Zhao Zhengyong as acting Shaanxi governor to replace outgoing governor Yuan Chunqing.
The 15th session of the Standing Committee of the 11th Shaanxi Provincial People's Congress accepted the resignation of Yuan, who was moved Monday by the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee to head northern province of Shanxi as its Party chief.
Zhao, 59, has been a Standing Committee member of the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee since 2001. He became vice governor of Shaanxi in 2005.
