Li Keqiang was elected secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Thursday.

Li Keqiang [file photo]

Li, 51, was elected to the post at the first session of the 10th CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee held in Shenyang.

Li is a native of Dingyuan County, East China's Anhui Province, and he joined the CPC in 1976.

He graduated from Law Department of Beijing University in 1982, and he holds a bachelor's degree in law and a doctoral degree in economics obtained from his on-the-job postgraduate study at the School of Economics of Beijing University from 1988 to 1995.

He is now a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee and has served as secretary of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee since December 2004.