Gao Hongzhi (; born October 1967) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in

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province. As of September 2020, he was under investigation by China's top anti-corruption agency. Previously he served as mayor and party secretary of

Handan Handan is a prefecture-level city located in the southwest of Hebei province, China. The southernmost prefecture-level city of the province, it borders Xingtai on the north, and the provinces of Shanxi on the west, Henan on the south and Shando ...

and before that, mayor of

Hengshui Hengshui () is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Shandong to the southeast. At the 2010 census its population was 4,340,373 inhabitants whom 522,147 lived in the built-up (''or metro'') are ...

. He is a representative of the

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Biography

Gao was born in

Zhengding County Zhengding (), originally Zhending (), is a county in southwestern Hebei Province, North China, located approximately south of Beijing. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shijiazhuang, the capital of the province, and ...

, in October 1967. After graduating from Zhengding Normal School in 1986, he stayed at the university and worked in the

Communist Youth League The Communist Youth League of China (CYLC), also known as the Young Communist League of China or simply the Communist Youth League (CYL), is a youth movement of the People's Republic of China for youth between the ages of 14 and 28, run by the ...

, where he eventually became its secretary in April 1991. He joined the

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(CCP) in December 1990. He served as an official at the Hebei Provincial School of the Communist Youth League brief 1992–1995 tenure before being assigned to the Organization Department of Hebei Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League. He was eventually promoted to secretary in April 2003. In November 2006, he was promoted to be deputy party secretary of

, and named acting mayor of the city. He was installed as mayor in March 2007. His first foray into a regional leadership role. His predecessor was removed from public office for the

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. He became mayor of

, in January 2012, and then party secretary, the top political position in the city, beginning in February 2013.

Downfall

On 2 September 2020, he was put under investigation for alleged "serious violations of discipline and laws" by the

Central Commission for Discipline Inspection The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) is the highest internal control institution of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), tasked with enforcing internal rules and regulations and combating corruption and malfeasance in the par ...

(CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the

National Supervisory Commission National Supervisory Commission of the People's Republic of China is the highest anti-corruption agency of the People's Republic of China, at the same administrative ranking as Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate. Its opera ...

, the highest anti-corruption agency of China. His predecessor Zheng Xuebi was placed under investigation for the suspicion of "serious violations of discipline" in October 2015 and sentenced to 17 years in December 2019. He dismissed from public office on September 11.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gao, Hongzhi 1967 births Living people People from Zhengding County Hebei Normal University alumni Beijing Normal University alumni Hebei University alumni Mayors of Hengshui Mayors of Handan People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei Delegates to the 12th National People's Congress