SHENYANG, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Tang Yijun was elected governor of northeast China's Liaoning Province on Wednesday.

The election was held at the first session of the 13th Liaoning Provincial People's Congress.

Tang was born in 1961 in Juxian County in east China's Shandong Province. He was appointed vice governor and acting governor of Liaoning in October 2017.