Xiongan New Area appoints chief

A senior official who has rich working experience in Beijing has been appointed to lead Xiongan New Area in North China, an area that will be key to the integration of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

Chen Gang, former Party chief of Beijing's Chaoyang district and a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China Beijing Committee - the municipality's top decision-making body - has taken the post of interim Party chief of Xiongan, Hebei province, according to Hebei Daily, the official newspaper of the province.

The report on Saturday did not mention the specific timing of Chen's appointment, but said he visited Rongcheng, Xiongxian and Anxin counties on Friday - the key areas that constitute Xiongan New Area - as the top official.