Members of the 10th Regional People’s Standing Committee accepted the resignation of Ismail Tiliwaldi from the post of Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. At the same meeting, Nur Bekri was given both the position of Vice-Chairman and Acting Chairman. In an acceptance speech, Bekri accepted the position with gratitude and assured all that he will work diligently to continue the Sinification of the region, to further implement Marxist-Socalist thought, and to strengthen the recent economic growth. For more information on Tiliwaldi, visit his page at China Vitae. More information on Nur Bekri’s political history is available only in Mandarin at this page at Xinhua.