Lawmakers endorse new lineup of State Council

Lawmakers also endorsed Li's nominations of ministers, governor of the central bank and auditor-general at the sixth plenary meeting of the first session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC).

The following is the list of the newly appointed officials:

-- Wang Yi, minister of foreign affairs

-- Chang Wanquan, minister of national defense

-- Xu Shaoshi, minister in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission

-- Yuan Guiren, minister of education

-- Wan Gang, minister of science and technology

-- Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology

-- Wang Zhengwei, minister in charge of state ethnic affairs commission

-- Guo Shengkun, minister of public security

-- Geng Huichang, minister of state security

-- Huang Shuxian, minister of supervision

-- Li Liguo, minister of civil affairs

-- Wu Aiying, minister of justice

-- Lou Jiwei, minister of finance

-- Yin Weimin, minister of human resources and social security

-- Jiang Daming, minister of land and resources

-- Zhou Shengxian, minister of environmental protection

-- Jiang Weixin, minister of housing and urban-rural development

-- Yang Chuantang, minister of transport

-- Chen Lei, minister of water resources

-- Han Changfu, minister of agriculture

-- Gao Hucheng, minister of commerce

-- Cai Wu, minister of culture

-- Li Bin, minister in charge of the National Health and Family Planning Commission

-- Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China

-- Liu Jiayi, auditor-general of the National Audit Office.