Liu Qibao was elected secretary of the Regional Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Sunday.

Liu, 54, was elected to the post at the first plenary session of the ninth CPC Guangxi regional committee.

A native of Susong County, east China's Anhui Province, Liu joined the CPC in 1971 and graduated from the Anhui Normal University in 1974. He also holds a master degree in economics obtained from his on-the-job postgraduate study at the School of Economics of Jilin University in northeast China in 1993.

Liu had worked as vice editor-in-chief of the governmental mouthpiece People's Daily and deputy secretary-general of the State Council before moving to Guangxi in 2000. He was promoted from the regional Party committee's vice chair to the chief post in June 2006 by the CPC Central Committee.

Source: Xinhuaanging views with Lao leaders on bilateral relations and other issues of common concern.

The Chinese president expressed his belief that his current visit will surely help enhance friendship, mutual trust and cooperation, and help map out future plans to further enhance the development of the bilateral relations and cooperation.

Hu arrived here from Vietnam where he concluded a state visit and attended the 14th APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Economic Leaders' Meeting from Nov. 17 to 19 in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam.

The Laos is the second leg of Hu's four-nation tour, which will also take him to India and Pakistan.

Source: Xinhua