Meng Xuenong was appointed vice governor and acting governor of north China's Shanxi Province on Monday.
The appointment was made at the 32th session of the 10th Shanxi Provincial People's Congress, the local legislature, held in Taiyuan.
Meng, born in August 1949, is a native of Penglai, east China's Shandong Province. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in July 1972.
He was elected mayor of Beijing in January 2003 and resigned in April the same year. He was appointed deputy director of the Office of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project Construction Committee of the State Council in September 2003.
On August 30 this year, Meng was appointed vice secretary of the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee.
He is now a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee and a deputy of the 10th National People's Congress.
Monday's meeting also accepted Yu Youjun's resignation as governor of Shanxi.
在星期一,孟学农任命为山西省副省长，代理省长.是在山西省太原第十届人民代表大会常务委员会第三十二次会议决定.孟学农１９４９年生，山东蓬莱人。１９７２年７月加入中国共产党.２００３年１月当选为北京市市长并且在当年的四月辞职.2003年4月孟学农任国务院南水北调工程建设委员会办公室副主任(正部长级)、党组副书记。
今年8月30日,孟学农被任命为任山西省代理省长.
他现在是中央十六界候补委员和10界人民代表大会代表.星期一的会议上山西省政府也接受了于幼军的辞呈.
