China appoints new education minister, chief military procurator

China's top legislature announced the appointment of two senior officials at the bimonthly meeting of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Saturday.

Yuan Guiren, in replacement of Zhou Ji, was appointed minister of Education.

Zhou Ji is relieved of his post as minister of education and will get a new appointment.

Yuan Guiren was born in 1950 in Anhui Province. He had previously served as president of Beijing Normal University and vice minister of Education.

Li Xiaofeng was appointed chief procurator of the military procuratorate under the People's Liberation Army to replace Gao Laifu.

Source: Xinhua