UN telecom agency names first Chinese leader
By Xinhua in Busan, South Korea | China Daily | Updated: 2014-10-24 07:59
Zhao Houlin is to become the first Chinese secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union in its 150-year history.
The union is the United Nations agency that deals with information and communication technology.
Zhao, the current deputy secretary-general, was elected to head the organization for the next four years on Thursday at the organization's plenipotentiary conference in Busan, South Korea.
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