NPC appoints Tang Yijun as new Minister of Justice

Tang Yijun, former governor of Northeast China's Liaoning province, was appointed as Minister of Justice by the the National People's Congress Standing Committee, the country's top legislature, on Wednesday.

The decision was approved in the 17th session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress.

Born in 1961 in Shandong province, Tang started working in 1977 and he joined the Party in 1985. He has a master's degree from the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC, according to his resume on the Liaoning provincial government website.

Tang spent about 40 years of his career in East China's Zhejiang province, since 1977. From October 2005 to October 2017, he served many positions in the province, including Party chief of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Ningbo, Party chief of Ningbo and deputy Party chief of Zhejiang.

In October 2017, he was appointed as the acting governor of Liaoning province and became governor in January of the following year.

Former Minister of Justice Fu Zhenghua was born in March 1955 and turned 65 years old this year.