Chen Yunlin, former State Council Taiwan affairs official, was elected on Tuesday as chief of the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS).
Chen was elected at the ARATS executive meeting on Tuesday
Chen was formerly head of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, China's Cabinet, and the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.
Chen, 66, a native of Liaoning Province, had served as vice governor of Heilongjiang Province, deputy secretary of Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the CPC and mayor of Qiqihar.
He became head of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council in 1997.
He was a member of the 15th and 16th CPC Central Committees.
In 1967, Chen graduated from the Beijing Agriculture University as a soil chemistry student. He joined the CPC in May 1966.
Wang Yi, who replaced Chen Yunlin as head of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and Taiwan Work Office of the CPC Central Committee, made a keynote speech at the ARATS executive meeting.
The meeting also elected Zheng Lizhong, Sun Yafu and Li Bingcai as ARATS vice presidents, and Li Yafei as secretary-general.
Source:Xinhua
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