Huang Zhendong, Yang Zhengwu and Song Fatang, former Party chiefs of Chongqing Municipality, Hunan Province and Heilongjiang Province respectively, were appointed vice-chairmen of three special committees of China's top legislature on Thursday.

The decision on the appointment, adopted by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), marked the completion of another round of adjustment of provincial- and ministerial-level officials in the country, according to sources with the NPC, China's top legislature.

Huang Zhendong, 65, former secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), was appointed vice-chairman of the NPC Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee; Yang Zhengwu, 65, former secretary the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, was named vice-chairman of the NPC Financial and Economic Committee; and Song Fatang, 64, form secretary of the CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee, became vice-chairman of the NPC Educational, Scientific, Cultural and Health Committee.

The CPC Central Committee earlier appointed Wang Yang, former deputy secretary-general of the State Council, as Party chief of Chongqing; Zhang Chunxian, former minister of communications, as Party chief of Hunan; and Qian Yunlu, former Party chief of Guizhou Province, as Party chief of Heilongjiang.

Also on Thursday, the NPC Standing Committee approved the appointment of Li Shenglin, former vice-minister in charge of the State Development and Reform Commission, as minister of communications.

Other appointments announced at Thursday's legislative meeting included: Zhang Wentai, former political commissar of the PLA General Logistic Department, as vice-chairman of the NPC Environment and Resource Commission; Wang Yunlong, former deputy secretary-general of the NPC Standing Committee, and Tang Tianbiao, former deputy director of the PLA General Political Department, as vice-chairmen of the NPC Agricultural and Rural Committee.

Source: Xinhua