XINING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Wang Jianjun was re-elected governor of northwest China's Qinghai Province on Wednesday, the local legislative body said in a statement.

Wang was elected at the first session of the 13th provincial people's congress.

Wang, born in 1958, is a native of central China's Hubei Province. He became the acting governor of Qinghai in 2016, and then governor in January 2017.