Guo Ningning (; born July 1970) is a Chinese politician and banker currently serving as

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Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...

province. Guo has been tipped as a rising star in the " 7th Generation" of the Communist Party of China.

Biography

Guo was born in July 1970 in

Shenyang Shenyang (, ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly known as Fengtian () or by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a major China, Chinese sub-provincial city and the List of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Lia ...

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

, and graduated from the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management. After university, she served in several posts in the

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before serving as vice-president of the Agricultural Bank of China in June 2016. She is the first female vice-president of the Agricultural Bank of China since it was established in 1951. In October 2018, she was transferred to

Fuzhou Fuzhou (; , Fuzhounese: Hokchew, ''Hók-ciŭ''), alternately romanized as Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute t ...

, capital of

province, where she became a party member of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee. On 23 November 2018, Guo was appointed vice-governor of Fujian at the Seventh Meeting of the 13th Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Fujian. She became the youngest female provincial and ministerial level official in Chinese mainland. In 2020, Guo participated in an online campaign to promote Fujian's seafood and ate an

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on a livestream that got more than one million views.

Recognition

In 2021, she was included in the ''Time'' 100 Next list.

References

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