Ni Lingmei, vice mayor of Huzhou city in east China's Zhejiang Province, died after falling from the 29th story of a building early Saturday, according to local police.

The Huzhou Public Security Bureau received a report at 12:53 a.m. Saturday that a person had been found dead after falling from a residential building.

The police confirmed that the deceased was the vice mayor of Huzhou, but declined to give details.

The police said a team headed by a deputy mayor would investigate the incident.

(Xinhua News Agency May 2, 2009)