Lu Zhangong was appointed vice- governor and acting governor of east China's Fujian Province at the 35th session of the Standing Committee of Ninth Fujian Provincial People's Congress Sunday.

The meeting also accepted the resignation of former governor Xi Jinping, who was elected acting governor of neighboring Zhejiang Province Saturday.

Lu was born in Cixi City of Zhejiang Province in May 1952. He is now an alternate member of the 15th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and deputy secretary of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee.

Lu served as CPC official at city and provincial levels in Zhejiang Province between September 1998 and July 1996 when he was deputy secretary of the CPC provincial committee in Zhejiang.

He worked as deputy secretary of the CPC Hebei Provincial Committee between July 1996 and October 1998.

He was vice-chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions between October 1998 and January 2001. He took the post of deputy secretary of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee from January 2001 to now.

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?