Liao Guoxun (; February 1963 – 27 April 2022) was a Chinese politician who served as mayor and deputy party chief of Tianjin. He was of
Tujia ethnicity.
Born in
Chengdu
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,
Sichuan
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, he graduated from
Guizhou Normal University and
Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
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. He began his career as a teacher in
Kaili, before getting into politics in
the government of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. He was deputy party chief of
Tongren
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in 2007 and one year later was promoted to party chief position. Afterwards, he was member of the CCP Standing Committees in two
provincial-level administrative divisions of both
Guizhou
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and
Zhejiang
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and one
direct-administered municipality Shanghai
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.
He was a delegate to the
11th
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Name
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and
13th National People's Congress. He was a delegate to the
18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
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and was a delegate to the
19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
The 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (commonly referred to as ''Shíjiǔ Dà''; ) was held at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, between 18 and 24 October 2017. 2,280 delegates represented the party's estimated 89 milli ...
.
Early life and education
Liao was born in
Chengdu
Chengdu (, ; simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), alternatively romanized as Chengtu, is a sub-provincial city which serves as the capital of the Chinese pro ...
,
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 the ...
, in February 1963. After the resumption of
National College Entrance Examination
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, he was accepted to
Guizhou Normal University, where he majored in chemistry.
Political career
In Guizhou
After graduating in August 1983, he was dispatched to
Kaili No. 4 High School as a teacher and deputy secretary of the
Communist Youth League Committee. Liao became involved in politics in January 1986, when he was transferred to the
Organization Department of CPC Qiandongnan Prefecture Committee. By June 2007 when he was appointed deputy party chief and later party chief of Tongren, he had served in various posts in the General Office of CCP Guizhou Provincial Committee. In April 2012, he was elected a member of the Standing Committee of CCP Guizhou Provincial Committee at the First session of the 11th CCP Guizhou Provincial Committee, a position at vice-ministerial level.
HR chief of Zhejiang
In April 2015, he was transferred to
east China
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A concept abolished in 1978, for economical purposes the region was defined from 1949 to 1961 by the Chinese Central Govern ...
's
Zhejiang
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province and appointed head of the Organization Department of CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee and a Provincial Standing Committee member.
Supervisory chief of Shanghai
A year and a half later, he was transferred to the neighboring
direct-administered municipality Shanghai
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and appointed a member of the Standing Committee of CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal
Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party's agency in charge of anti-corruption efforts. On January 28, 2018, he was unanimously elected as director of the newly founded Shanghai Municipal
Supervisory Commission, the government's agency in charge of anti-corruption efforts. On February 28, 2020, he was promoted to become deputy party chief of Shanghai, a position he held until the end of August 2020.
Mayor of Tianjin
On August 31, 2020, he was appointed deputy party chief of
North China's
Tianjin
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municipality. He was named acting mayor on September 3 and was installed as mayor on September 16. His last public appearance was on April 24, 2022, when he attended and spoke at the Tianjin municipal work conference on deepening pollution prevention and control.
Death
On April 27, 2022, Liao died of a sudden illness at the age of 59. His death was announced on the public account of newspaper
Tianjin Daily in
WeChat
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on the following evening, with the obituary being very brief.
References
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1963 births
2022 deaths
People from Chengdu
Tujia people
Guizhou Normal University alumni
Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party alumni
People's Republic of China politicians from Sichuan
Chinese Communist Party politicians from Sichuan
Mayors of Tianjin
Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress
Delegates to the 13th National People's Congress