Ma Xingrui was elected as the governor of Guangdong province on Monday.

The fifth session of the 12th Guangdong Provincial People's Congress, which ended in Guangzhou on Monday, also elected Li Yumei as chairwoman of the standing committee of the local legislative body.

Ma highlighted developing an innovation-driven economy and the revitalization of eastern, western and northern Guangdong as important tasks this year when he delivered a Government Work Report to the session as acting governor on Thursday last week.