CHANGCHUN, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Jing Junhai was elected governor of northeast China's Jilin Province Wednesday.

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

Jing, born in December 1960 and a native of Baishui, in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, was appointed acting governor of Jilin Province earlier this month.