Wang Xiankui was re-elected governor of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Wednesday at the first session of the 12th provincial People's Congress, the local legislature.

Wang, 60, is a native of Cangxian County in north China's Hebei Province. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1974.

Wang served as deputy CPC chief of northwest China's Gansu Province between April 2003 and October 2006. He was deputy CPC chief of the east China's Jiangxi Province from October 2006 to August 2010.

He was first elected governor of Heilongjiang in November 2010.

At the same session, Ji Bingxuan was re-elected chairman of the Standing Committee of the Heilongjiang Provincial People's Congress. He is also secretary of the CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee.

(Xinhua News Agency January 30, 2013)