Xi Jinping was elected acting governor of Zhejiang Province in east China at the 38th session of the Standing Committee of Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress Saturday.

The meeting also accepted the resignation of Zhejiang's former governor Chai Songyue, who will be given a new appointment by the central government.

Xi Jinping was born in Beijing in June, 1953, and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1974. He graduated from the Chemical Engineering Department of Qinghua University.

Serving in official posts in Fujian Province over the past years, he was made deputy secretary of CPC Fujian Provincial Committee and acting governor of Fujian in August, 1999, and then become deputy secretary of CPC Fujian Provincial Committee and governor of Fujian in January, 2000.

Jiang Zemin, in his report to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, said the Party's door is open to all positive factors of the society, including private entrepreneurs, foreign-invested firm employees, self-employed businessmen and freelance professionals, he also said that the Party should advance with the times. What's your opinion?