Wang Xuejun appointed Anhui's acting governor

Wang Xuejun was appointed acting governor of east China's Anhui Province on Wednesday.

The appointment was made at the first meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th Anhui Provincial People's Congress, the local legislative body.

The resignation of former governor Li Bin was approved at the meeting.

Wang, born in December 1952, had served as director of the State Bureau for Letters and Calls for nine years. The bureau handles Chinese petitioners' complaints about injustice and corruption.

Wang was transferred to Anhui on March 21 as the deputy secretary of the Anhui Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC).