Google (GOOG) has announced that Liu Yun, former CEO and president of SK China, will be is global vice president, responsible for the company's sales in the Greater China region.

In the past six years, Liu has been working as CEO and president of SK China. After joining Google, he will be based in Beijing and responsible for the company's sales and channel services in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Liu will take the duties from Zhou Shaoning, who resigned from Google as global vice president.