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Beijing

Ministry gets new Party chief

Li Ganjie was named Party chief of the Ministry of Environmental Protection after his predecessor, Chen Jining, left the position to become Beijing's acting mayor, the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. Li, born in November 1964, holds a master's degree in nuclear reactor engineering from Tsinghua University. He worked as vice-minister of environmental protection from 2008 to October last year, when he was named deputy Party chief of Hebei province.