Gou Zhongwen (; born 26 June 1957) is a Chinese politician who served as director of the

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from 2016 to 2022.

Biography

Gou was born Zhenyuan County,

Gansu Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...

province. He joined the

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in April 1976, the year Mao died. He attended

Xidian University Xidian University () is a public research university in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, that is administered by the Ministry of Education of China. Xidian focuses on electronics and information education and research, and has programs covering enginee ...

with a degree in electrical engineering. He also has a

Master's of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accoun ...

(MBA). In February 2002, Gou was named Vice Minister of Information Technology. He was transferred to become a vice mayor of Beijing in April 2008. He became a member of the Beijing

party standing committee Members of the standing committees of the Chinese Communist Party provincial-level committees, commonly referred to as ''Shengwei Changwei'' (), make up the top ranks of the provincial-level organizations of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). I ...

in July 2013, taking charge of the

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administrative district a month later, in addition to overseeing education in the city. In May 2016, he replaced the disgraced

Lü Xiwen Lü Xiwen (; born July 1955) is a Chinese politician who served as the Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Beijing between 2013 and 2015, and prior to that, the head of the Organization Department of the Beijing Party Committee. She was investi ...

as deputy party chief of the Chinese capital. In October 2016, Gou became Director of the

. On December 28, 2016, he was elected as the President of the

Chinese Olympic Committee The Chinese Olympic Committee (; IOC code: CHN) has been the officially designated body of the People's Republic of China (PRC) regarding the Olympic Games and other affiliated international sport federations since 1979, when the Nagoya Resolu ...

. He is currently the Executive President of the

Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games The Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (北京2022年冬奥会和冬残奥会组织委员会) (BOCWOG) was a public institution with legal person status, responsible for the organisation and coordination ...

. In 2019, he was elected as the new president of the

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. He was awarded the Silver Olympic Order after the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

References

External links

Gou Zhongwen's official CV
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