HAIKOU, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Shen Xiaoming was re-elected governor of the island province of Hainan in south China on Wednesday.

The election was held at the first session of the Sixth Hainan Provincial People's Congress, the legislative body of the province.

Shen was born in 1963 in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province.

He was elected governor of Hainan in May 2017.