China reassigns posts of principal provincial leaders

China has recently changed the top leaders of three provinces, northeast China's Liaoning, central China's Henan and east China's Fujian.

According to the CPC Central Committee decisions, made public Monday, Li Keqiang will become secretary of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee, leaving his former post as secretary of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee.

Li, 49, took the post of secretary of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee in December 2002 after being the provincial governor in 1999 and then deputy secretary from October 2001 to 2002.

Meanwhile, Wen Shizhen is no longer secretary of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee.

Wen, 64, had held the post since 1997.

Xu Guangchun, 60, director-general of the State Administration of Radio Film and Television, has been named secretary of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee.

Lu Zhangong will become secretary of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee, replacing Song Defu who will be transferred to another post.

Lu, 52, had been the province's governor and deputy secretary of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee since January 2003 and was appointed acting secretary in February this year.

Song, 58, had been the secretary of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee since 2000.