Governor: Lou Yangsheng

Division of work: responsible for the overall management of Shanxi provincial government

Personal resume:

Born: Oct 1959, Pujiang county, Zhejiang province

Lou began his studies at Zhejiang Normal University in 1978, majoring in mathematics. After graduation in 1982, he worked as a teacher at Longyou Middle School in Longyou county, Zhejiang province.

Lou also holds a master's degree in business administration. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in November 1981.

February 1984-October 1989: secretary of Communist Youth League (CYL) in Longyou county; secretary of the CPC Tashi district committee in Longyou county; vice-director of organizing department of the CPC Longyou county committee; member of the standing committee of the CPC Longyou county committee and head of propaganda department

October 1989-November 1991: deputy secretary of the CYL Quzhou municipal committee in Zhejiang province; secretary of the CYL Quzhou municipal committee

November 1991-November 1999: deputy secretary of the CYL Zhejiang Provincial Committee (September 1993-July 1994: Lou received training at Party School of the Central Committee of CPC.); secretary of the CYL Zhejiang Provincial Committee

November 1999-February 2003: deputy secretary of the CPC Jinhua municipal committee; chief of the political and legal committee of CPC in Jinhua, Zhejiang province; principal of Party School of the CPC Jinhua municipal committee; mayor of Jinhua

February 2003-January 2009: secretary of the CPC Lishui municipal committee; director of the standing committee of Lishui municipal people's congress; vice-chairman of Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee; deputy secretary of Zhejiang CPC leading group

January 2009-March 2012: member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Hainan Provincial Committee; director of organizing department of the CPC Hainan Provincial Committee; secretary of Hainan Provincial Education Working Commission

March 2012-June 2014: member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee; director of organizing department of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee; principal of Party School of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee

June 2014-November 2016: deputy secretary of the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee; part-time principal of Party School of the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee; secretary of leading group of the People's Government of Shanxi Province; acting governor of Shanxi

November 2016-present: governor of Shanxi; deputy secretary of the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee; secretary of leading group of Shanxi government