National railway corp gets new GM

Lu Dongfu, 61, was appointed general manager of China Railway Corp on Sunday, replacing Sheng Guangzu, 67.

Lu was formerly vice-minister of transport and head of the National Railway Administration. He was also vice-minister of the Ministry of Railways before it underwent corporate restructuring in 2013 as a corporation.

Lu, a native of Jiangsu province, started his career at the Ministry of Transport in 1973. He spent most of his working life until 2003 at the Shanghai Railway Bureau. He was then named vice-minister of railways.