NANCHANG, October 30 (Xinhua) -- Su Rong was elected secretary of east China's Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Sunday.

Su was elected to the post at the first plenary session of the 13th CPC Jiangxi Provincial Committee held in Nanchang. In November 2007, the CPC Central Committee appointed Su to the position.

Su, 63, is a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee.

He served as the Communist Party chief in Qinghai Province between 2001 and 2003, the Party chief in Gansu Province between 2003 and 2006, and executive vice president of the CPC Central Committee's Party School between 2006 and 2007.