Wang Anshun elected Beijing mayor

Newly-elected Beijing Mayor Wang Anshun waves at a news conference for the first session of the 14th Beijing Municipal People's Congress on Monday. Photo by Cui Meng/China Daily

BEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Beijing's acting mayor Wang Anshun was elected as mayor of the Chinese capital at a session of the municipal legislature on Monday.

Wang, a native of Huixian county in central China's Henan Province, was appointed vice mayor and acting mayor of Beijing in July 2012.