China's parliament on Sunday elected Ding Xuexiang, who is ranked No. 6 in the ruling Communist Party's apex of power, as executive vice premier and reappointed Yi Gang, a U.S.-educated economist, as chief of the central bank.Ding, 60, who has worked as a chief of staff for leader Xi Jinping, was promoted last October to the party's seven-strong Politburo Standing Committee despite his lack of experience in central government or as a regional party boss.He was endorsed with three other vice premiers -- He Lifeng, Zhang Guoqing and Liu Guozhong -- during a session of the National People's Co…READ FULL ARTICLE
