ZHENGZHOU - An official in central China's Henan Province jumped to his death from the 16th floor of a building on Thursday morning, local authorities confirmed.

Sang Jinke, 62, director of the Committee for internal and Judicial Affairs of the Henan Provincial People's Congress, was found dead in a residential area in Zhengdong New District in Zhengzhou City.

The real estate management personnel found the body at 6:40 am.

Sang was the deputy head of the provincial Federation of Trade Unions from 2001 to April 2013. The provincial inspection group just finished their inspection on the unions.