Zhang Qingwei on Wednesday was elected the secretary of Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC).
Zhang was elected to the post at a plenary meeting of the CPC Heilongjiang provincial committee.
Zhang was born in 1961 in Hebei Province. He was formerly the governor of Hebei, and resigned from the post last month.
Lu Hao and Chen Haibo were elected deputy Party chiefs of Heilongjiang.