Chen Chuanping, the head of China's largest steel company, was elected vice governor of north China's Shanxi Province on Tuesday.
The election was conducted at the first session of the 11th Shanxi Provincial People's Congress, the local legislature, held in Taiyuan.
Chen, chairman of Taiyuan Steel Corporation, was born in February 1962 in Pinglu, Shanxi Province. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in May 1985.
Chen began working with the firm in 1982 as a technician, gaining a postgraduate degree and becoming a senior engineer before rising through the ranks.
He is an alternate member of the 17th CPC Central Committee and a deputy of the 10th National People's Congress.
Taiyuan Steel has an annual production capacity of 10 million tons of steel.
Source: Xinhua
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