The mayor of Jining in East China's Shandong province has resigned and gone into business, authorities in the province said.

Mei Yonghong's resignation was approved by the Jining People's Congress on Sunday, making him the second bureau-level official to quit office in Shandong since June.

Zhang Shuhua, former deputy mayor of Heze, Shandong, resigned and joined the Shenzhen branch of China Pacific Insurance to serve as the secretary of its Party committee in June.