(CNSPHOTO)

Sheng Guangzu, former Chief of the General Administration of Customs (GAC), has been appointed new minister of railways, replacing 58-year-old Liu Zhijun, who was dismissed from the post by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China since he is under investigation for "serious disciplinary violations."

Sheng, 62, was born in Jiangsu Province. He began his career in the railway industry in 1968 and was the vice minister of railways from 1999 to 2000.