Xu Shousheng was elected governor of northwest China's Gansu Province by the provincial legislature on Wednesday.

Xu, 54, was elected at the fifth session of the 10th Gansu Provincial People's Congress.

He was appointed acting governor of Gansu last October.

Xu is a native of Rudong County of east China's Jiangsu Province. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1973.

He became a member of the Standing Committee of the Gansu Provincial CPC Committee in 2001, deputy governor of the province in 2003 and acting governor in October 2006

(Xinhua News Agency February 1, 2007)