Lin Duo (; born March 1956) is a Chinese politician currently serving as the Party Secretary of Gansu. He formerly served as CCP Committee Secretary and Mayor of

Harbin Harbin, ; zh, , s=哈尔滨, t=哈爾濱, p=Hā'ěrbīn; IPA: . is the capital of Heilongjiang, China. It is the largest city of Heilongjiang, as well as being the city with the second-largest urban area, urban population (after Shenyang, Lia ...

, and Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of

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Province.

Biography

Lin Duo was born in March 1956 in Heze,

Shandong Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural ...

province. In November 1974, he enlisted in the

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and served as a

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r for five years. He joined the

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in October 1975. After leaving the military in 1979, he worked in the Ministry of Aerospace Industry. In 1982, Lin began working for the road administration office of Huairou County in suburban

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

, embarking on a career in the Beijing government lasting nearly three decades. He rose through the ranks first in Huairou County, then in the Beijing Highway Bureau, and the Beijing Urban Management Committee. He was appointed governor of Beijing's

Xicheng District Xicheng () is a district of the city of Beijing. Its cover the western half of the old city (largely inside the 2nd Ring Road; the eastern half is Dongcheng District, Beijing, Dongcheng District), and has 1,106,214 inhabitants (2020 Census). It ...

in 2003, and CCP Committee Secretary of Xicheng in 2006. During his tenure in Beijing he studied at the Beijing Party School on a part-time basis, earning a bachelor's degree in 1993 and a master's in 1997. In July 2010, following the merger of Xicheng District with Xuanwu District, Lin Duo was transferred to

, the capital of

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province in

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, to serve as its

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and Mayor. In January 2012 he was promoted to party chief of Harbin, and entered the Heilongjiang

provincial 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 ...

three months later, ascending to sub-provincial ranks. In August 2014, during the

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, Lin was transferred to

province, serving as Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, the provincial anti-corruption body, and a member of the provincial party standing committee. In Liaoning, Lin was instrumental in leading the investigation into the Liaoning vote-buying scandal, which led to the suspension of the provincial People's Congress. On 1 April 2016, Lin Duo was made acting Governor of Gansu in northwest China, succeeding Liu Weiping, who had resigned and transferred to an academic position. At the time of Lin's appointment in Gansu, the number of native Gansu officials on its provincial standing committees was a mere two people:

Xian Hui Xian Hui (; Xiao'erjing: ; born March 1958) is a Chinese politician of Hui ethnic heritage, who is currently a vice chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. She previously served as the Chairwoman (Governor) of ...

and Yu Haiyan (Xian would be transferred out of Gansu only a few months later, and Yu would come under investigation for corruption). Lin's appointment to the governor post was also unusual in that he went directly from a discipline chief position to governor. On 11 April 2017, Lin was appointed as the CCP Committee Secretary of Gansu. Lin was an alternate of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a full member of the 19th Central Committee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Duo 1956 births Living people 21st-century mayors of places in China Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong Political office-holders in Beijing Political office-holders in Liaoning Governors of Gansu Politicians from Heze Mayors of Harbin People's Liberation Army Navy personnel Alternates of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 12th National People's Congress