Zhang Qingwei elected Party chief of Heilongjiang

HARBIN -- Zhang Qingwei on Wednesday was elected the secretary of Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC).

Zhang was elected to the post at a plenary meeting of the CPC Heilongjiang provincial committee.

Zhang was born in 1961 in Hebei province. He was formerly the governor of Hebei, and resigned from the post last month.