NANJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Wu Zhenglong was elected governor of east China's Jiangsu Province at a session of the provincial legislature Wednesday.

The election was held at the first session of the 13th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress.

Wu, a native of the provincial capital Nanjing, was born in 1964. He was appointed vice governor and acting governor of Jiangsu in 2017.