Li Xiaolin gets senior job at power giant

High-profile businesswoman Li Xiaolin has been appointed vice-general manager of China Datang Corp, one of the country's Big Five power companies.

Li, 54, was previously chairwoman and CEO of China Power International Development. She was regarded as the most powerful woman in the industry as the only female CEO of a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

The appointment was announced on Tuesday by Liu Qiang, vice-chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the regulator of more than 100 non-financial State-run companies.