BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The following is a list of key officials of China's State Council endorsed by lawmakers at the first session of the 14th National People's Congress:

 

Premier: Li Qiang

 

Vice premiers: Ding Xuexiang, He Lifeng, Zhang Guoqing, Liu Guozhong

 

State councilors: Li Shangfu, Wang Xiaohong, Wu Zhenglong, Shen Yiqin, Qin Gang

 

Secretary-general of the State Council: Wu Zhenglong

 

Qin Gang, minister of foreign affairs

 

Li Shangfu, minister of national defense

 

Zheng Shanjie, head of the National Development and Reform Commission

 

Huai Jinpeng, minister of education

 

Wang Zhigang, minister of science and technology

 

Jin Zhuanglong, minister of industry and information technology

 

Pan Yue, head of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission

 

Wang Xiaohong, minister of public security

 

Chen Yixin, minister of state security

 

Tang Dengjie, minister of civil affairs

 

He Rong, minister of justice

 

Liu Kun, minister of finance

 

Wang Xiaoping, minister of human resources and social security

 

Wang Guanghua, minister of natural resources

 

Huang Runqiu, minister of ecology and environment

 

Ni Hong, minister of housing and urban-rural development

 

Li Xiaopeng, minister of transport

 

Li Guoying, minister of water resources

 

Tang Renjian, minister of agriculture and rural affairs

 

Wang Wentao, minister of commerce

 

Hu Heping, minister of culture and tourism

 

Ma Xiaowei, head of the National Health Commission

 

Pei Jinjia, minister of veterans affairs

 

Wang Xiangxi, minister of emergency management

 

Yi Gang, governor of the People's Bank of China

 

Hou Kai, auditor-general of the National Audit Office.