The meeting decided to accept Geng Yanbo’s request to resign as mayor of Taiyuan City and report it to the fourth meeting of the 14th Taiyuan People’s Congress for the record. Nominated as a candidate for mayor of Taiyuan City; Comrade Geng Yanbo was removed from the positions of

Economic Daily - Comprehensive report from China Economic Net Taiyuan on January 16. On January 15, 2019, the 20th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th People's Congress of Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province decided to appoint Li Xiaobo as the deputy mayor of Taiyuan City. Decision: Li Xiaobo acts as mayor of Taiyuan City. The meeting decided to accept Geng Yanbo’s request to resign as mayor of Taiyuan City and report it to the fourth meeting of the 14th Taiyuan People’s Congress for the record.

On January 15, the Standing Committee of the Taiyuan Municipal Party Committee held an enlarged meeting and announced the provincial party committee’s decision to adjust the main leadership positions of the Taiyuan Municipal Government. The Provincial Party Committee decided that Comrade Li Xiaobo would be appointed as Taiyuan Municipal Party Committee Member, Standing Committee Member, and Deputy Secretary, and be nominated as a candidate for Taiyuan City Mayor; Comrade Geng Yanbo would be removed from his position as Taiyuan Municipal Party Committee Deputy Secretary, Standing Committee Member, and Member, and he would no longer serve as Taiyuan City Mayor.

According to the database of local party and government leaders on the China Economic Network, Li Xiaobo, male, Han nationality, born in February 1963, previously served as vice chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, party secretary and director of the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology. Geng Yanbo, male, born in November 1958, served as deputy secretary of the Datong Municipal Party Committee and mayor, and deputy secretary of the Taiyuan Municipal Party Committee and mayor.

Resume of Li Xiaobo

Li Xiaobo, male, Han nationality, was born in February 1963 in Qingshuihe, Inner Mongolia. He started working in August 1984 and joined the Communist Party of China in December 1986. He has a university degree, a master's degree in engineering, and an executive master's degree in business administration.

1980.09-1984.08 Studying metal pressure processing at Beijing Iron and Steel Institute

1984.08-1987.02 Taiyuan Iron and Steel Company Blooming mill technician

1987.02-1990.10 Deputy section chief of the finishing section of the blooming mill of Taiyuan Iron and Steel Company

1990.10-1993.04 Taiyuan Director of the production dispatching office of the steel company's blooming mill

1993.04-1995.01 Taiyuan Iron and Steel Deputy director of the blooming mill of the company

1995.01-1996.06 Deputy director of the production department of Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd.

1996.06-1997.06 Taiyuan Iron and Steel ( Director of the Production Department of Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd.

1997.06-1998.03 Director of the Seventh Rolling Plant of Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd.

1998.03-1998.06 Director and Party Committee Secretary of the Seventh Rolling Plant of Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd.

1998.06-1999.07 Director of the Stainless Steel Company of Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd., Director of the Seventh Rolling Plant and Secretary of the Party Committee

1999.07-2000.04 Director of the Stainless Steel Company of Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd., Director of the Stainless Cold Rolling Plant and Secretary of the Party Committee

2000.04-2000.12 Deputy General Manager of Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd., Director of Stainless Cold Rolling Plant and Secretary of the Party Committee

2000.12-2001.12 Deputy General Manager of Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd.

2001.12-2002.03 General Manager of Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd.

2002.03-2008.04 Vice Chairman and General Manager of Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd. (2000.07-2005.06 On-the-job study in electronics and communication engineering at Xi'an Jiaotong University, and obtained a master's degree in engineering; 2003.09-2005.06 Business Administration at Peking University Guanghua School of Management On-the-job study for a master's degree, and obtained an executive master's degree in business administration)

2008.04-2008.05 Chairman and General Manager of Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd.

2008.05-2015.05 Chairman of Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd.

2015.05-2017.12 Chairman and Secretary of the Party Committee of Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd.

2017.12-2018.01 Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of Shanxi Provincial Economic and Information Technology Commission

2018.01-2018.02 Vice Chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Provincial Economic and Information Technology Commission

2018.02-2018.10 Deputy of the Shanxi Provincial Political Consultative Conference Chairman, Director of the Provincial Economic and Information Technology Commission and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group

2018.10-2019.01 Vice Chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Secretary of the Leading Party Members’ Group and Director of the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology

2019.01-, Vice Chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Political Consultative Conference, Secretary of the Leading Party Members’ Group and Director of the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology , deputy secretary of the Taiyuan Municipal Party Committee and acting mayor.

Alternate member of the 19th Central Committee, representative of the 11th and 12th National People's Congress.

Geng Yanbo's resume

Geng Yanbo, male, Han nationality, was born in November 1958 in Heshun County, Shanxi Province. He started working in August 1976 and joined the Party in December 1981. He has a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in business administration from the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

1976.08-1978.08Heshun County Party Committee Communications Group Officer

1978.08-1981.08Jinzhong Region Youth League Committee Officer

1981.08-1983.07Jinzhong Region Taiwan Affairs Office Officer,

1983.07-1985.07 Shanxi University Chinese Department (Junior College) Study ,

1985.09-1987.06 Secretary of the Jinzhong Prefectural Committee Office

1987.06-1990.05 Deputy Section Chief of the Jinzhong Prefectural Committee Office

1990.05-1991.11 Chief of the Information Section of the Jinzhong Prefectural Committee Office

1991.11-1993.04 Jinzhong Prefectural Committee Office Deputy Director,

1993.04-1995.03 Deputy Secretary of Lingshi County Party Committee (Period: 1994.08-1996.12, studying foreign economics at the Correspondence College of the Central Party School),

1995.03-2000.03 Deputy Secretary and County Magistrate of Lingshi County Party Committee (Period: 1996.10- 1998.07 Studied in the postgraduate course of political economics at Northwest University),

2000.03-2000.05 Yuci Municipal Party Committee Secretary

2000.05-2003.06 Jinzhong City Yuci District Party Committee Secretary

2003.06-2004.02 Jinzhong Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee Member, Secretary of the Yuci District Party Committee

2004.02-2006.06Deputy Secretary-General of the Provincial Government and Director of the Provincial Government Agency Affairs Administration, Secretary of the Party Committee

2006.06-2008.02Member of the Standing Committee of the Taiyuan Municipal Party Committee and Vice Mayor

2008.02-2008.07Deputy Secretary of the Datong Municipal Party Committee and Acting City Chang

2008.07-2013.02 Deputy Secretary of the Datong Municipal Party Committee and Mayor

2013.02-2013.04 Deputy Secretary of the Taiyuan Municipal Party Committee, Deputy Mayor and Acting Mayor (2006.10-2008.09 Studied in Business Administration at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and obtained an Executive MBA Degree)

2013.04-2019.01 Deputy Secretary of the Taiyuan Municipal Party Committee and Mayor.