2003年2月廣州市第十一屆人大常委會舉行第39次會議。會議接受林樹森辭去廣州市市長職務嘅請求，決定任命張廣寧為廣州市代理市長。
In February 2003, the 39th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 11th Guangzhou Municipal People's Congress was held. The meeting accepted Lin Shusen's request to resign from the post of mayor of Guangzhou and decided to appoint Zhang Guangning as acting mayor of Guangzhou.