Liu Qi, former Party chief of Ningbo, Zhejiang province, was elected governor of Jiangxi province on Wednesday after the former governor, Lu Xinshe, was appointed the province's Party chief in June.

Liu, 57, was elected governor during a plenary meeting of the provincial people's congress on Wednesday, according to the provincial government's website.

A native of Yishui, Shandong province, Liu was appointed deputy Party chief of Jiangxi in February.