Jilin's chief takes over scandal-plagued Shanxi

Wang Rulin, the top Party official of Jilin province, has been appointed to the equivalent position in scandal-hit Shanxi province, according to a decision announced at a meeting of officials in Shanxi on Monday.

The move is an effort to clean up rampant corruption in Shanxi by giving the leadership to the head of the country's least-corrupt province.

Liu Yunshan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said during a speech at the meeting that the decision followed thorough deliberations by the Party's Central Committee.