Guo Jinlong (; born July 1947) is a Chinese politician, who served as the Vice Chairman of the

Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization The Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization, CGCBSC (), also known as the Central Commission for Guiding Cultural and Ethical Progress, is a commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. It is tasked w ...

, and was a member of the

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. Between 2008 and 2012 Guo served as the Mayor of Beijing, and

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between 2012 and 2017. As the Mayor of Beijing during the

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, Guo served as the executive chairman of the

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(BOCOG). Before his career in Beijing, Guo served as the Party Secretary of the

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between 2000 and 2004, and Party Secretary of

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Province from 2004 to 2007.

Life and career

Guo Jinlong was born in

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Map Romanization, alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu Provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and t ...

. He graduated from

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Department of Physics in 1969 and joined the

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in 1979, and was sent to work as a technician in Zhong County,

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of t ...

(later made part of

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municipality), at the local water works department. He also worked as a sports coach, a propaganda instructor, and head of the county education board, before being promoted to county governor. He then worked in the provincial agriculture research office. In 1987, he gained his first political office, as deputy party chief of

Leshan Leshan, formerly known as Jiading or Jiazhou, is a prefecture-level city located at the confluence of the Dadu and Min rivers in Sichuan Province, China. Leshan is located on the southwestern fringe of the Sichuan Basin in southern Sichuan, abo ...

, then in 1990 he was made party chief of Leshan. In December 1993, Guo left Sichuan, where he had worked for over twenty years, and headed to

Lhasa Lhasa (; Lhasa dialect: ; bo, text=ལྷ་ས, translation=Place of Gods) is the urban center of the prefecture-level Lhasa City and the administrative capital of Tibet Autonomous Region in Southwest China. The inner urban area of Lhasa ...

to serve as the Deputy Party Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region, and was promoted to become the Secretary from 2000 to 2004. As the leading official in Tibet at the time, Guo played a leading role in the Qinghai-Tibet Railway project. He left

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to serve as the party chief of

province in 2004, and Chairman of the Standing Committee of Anhui People's Congress from 2005. In the first year in

Guo and his family conducted work from a hotel. After the departure of

Wang Qishan Wang Qishan (; ; born 19 July 1948) is a Chinese politician, and the current Vice President of the People's Republic of China. Wang is one of the leading figures behind China's foreign affairs, along with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Ke ...

from his post as Mayor of Beijing, Guo headed north from Anhui to take over the position as Acting mayor on November 30, 2007, confirmed on January 26, 2008. He served as Executive President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

. On July 3, 2012, a few months before the 18th Party Congress, Guo was named party chief of Beijing. At the party congress held in November, Guo was elevated to the 25-member

. On May 27, 2017, Guo relinquished his post of Beijing party chief to

Cai Qi Cai Qi (; born December 5, 1955) is a Chinese politician, the current First Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party and the fifth-ranking member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee. Cai began his career in Fujian province ...

. He was then duly appointed as the Vice Chairman of the

. Guo was the alternate member of 15th CPC Central Committee and member of 16th, 17th, and 18th Central Committees. Due to age restrictions Guo retired at the 19th Party Congress in 2017.

References

External links

Biography of Guo Jinlong

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Guo, Jinlong 1947 births Living people Nanjing University alumni Politicians from Nanjing People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu Political office-holders in Anhui Political office-holders in Tibet Mayors of Beijing Members of the 18th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Presidents of the Organising Committees for the Olympic Games