Jiang Sixian, former head of Shanghai Organization Department of
the CPC, was appointed vice governor of the southern island
province of Hainan on Friday.
Jiang, a former member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai
Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, was appointed
at the 26th session of the Standing Committee of the 3rd Hainan
Provincial People's Congress.
He has also served as vice mayor of Shanghai and head of Putong
New Area.
Jiang, 52 and native of Jiangdu City, eastern province of Jiangsu, received a Master's degree in
Engineering at Shanghai Jiaotong University in 1985.
(Xinhua News Agency November 4, 2006)