Gu Jinchi (; February 1932 – 17 March 2009) was a Chinese Communist politician who served as
party secretary of Gansu from 1990 to 1993 and
party secretary of Liaoning.
He was a member of the
13th
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and
14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
He was a representative of the
15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
He was a delegate to the
8th National People's Congress
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and a member of the Standing Committee of the
9th National People's Congress
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Election result ...
.
Biography
Gu was born in
Xiong County
Xiong County or Xiongxian () is a county in the central part of Hebei province, China. It is the easternmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Baoding.
It is part of the Xiong'an New Area
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,
Hebei
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, in February 1932.
He worked at Beijing Machinery Factory in 1947. He joined the
Chinese Communist Party
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(CCP) in October 1949.
In 1952, he was assigned to the Beijing No. 1 Machine Tool Factory, he remained at the factory until 1965, when he was transferred to
southwest China
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Geography
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's
Sichuan
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province and appointed
party secretary of the newly founded Changzheng Machine Tool Plant (). In 1966, the
Cultural Revolution
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broke out, he was sent to the
May Seventh Cadre Schools The May Seventh Cadre Schools () were Chinese labor camps established during the Cultural Revolution that combined hard agricultural work with the study of Mao Zedong's writings in order to "re-educate" or ''laogai'' (reform through labor) cadres an ...
to do farm works. He was removed from office but reinstated two years later. Gu got involved in politics in 1978, when he was appointed vice mayor and party secretary of
Zigong
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. At the same time, he was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Zigong Municipal Committee, the city's top authority. In 1982, he was promoted to become vice governor of Sichuan and was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Sichuan Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. He was chosen as
deputy party secretary
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of Sichuan in 1987.
In October 1990, he was promoted again to become
party secretary of Gansu, succeeding
Li Ziqi Li Ziqi may refer to:
* Li Ziqi (politician)
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.
In September 1993, he was despatched to
northeast China
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's
Liaoning province and appointed
party secretary, the top political position in the province.
In March 1998, he took office as vice chairperson of the
.
On 17 March 2009, he died from an illness in
Beijing
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, at the age of 77.
References
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1932 births
2009 deaths
People from Xiong County
People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei
Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei
Members of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Delegates to the 8th National People's Congress
Members of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress