Lin Duo (; born March 1956) is a Chinese politician currently serving as Communist Party secretary of

Gansu Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...

province. He formerly served as

Communist Party Secretary A Party Committee Secretary () is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization in a province, city, village, or other administrative unit. In most cases, it is the ''de facto'' highest political office of its area of jurisdictio ...

and Mayor of

Harbin Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest ...

, and Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of

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 ...

Province.

Biography

Lin Duo was born in March 1956 in

Heze Heze, formerly known as Caozhou, is the westernmost prefecture-level city in Shandong province, China, it borders Jining to the east and the provinces of Henan and Anhui to the west and south respectively. History Caozhou was at the center ...

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

province. In November 1974, he enlisted in the

People's Liberation Army Navy The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN; ), also known as the People's Navy, Chinese Navy, or PLA Navy, is the maritime service branch of the People's Liberation Army. The PLAN traces its lineage to naval units fighting during the Chinese ...

and served as a

submarine A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...

r for five years. He joined the

Communist Party of China The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...

in October 1975. After leaving the military in 1979, he worked in the

Ministry of Aerospace Industry The Ministry of Aerospace Industry of the People's Republic of China () was a government ministry responsible for its national space program. This ministry was split into the China National Space Administration and China Aerospace Science and Tech ...

. In 1982, Lin began working for the road administration office of Huairou County in suburban

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

, 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 District () is a district of Beijing. Xicheng District spans , covering the western half of the old city (largely inside the 2nd Ring Road - the eastern half is Dongcheng District, Beijing, Dongcheng District), and has 706,691 inhabitant ...

in 2003, and

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

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...

province in

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, to serve as its

Deputy Party Secretary In modern Chinese politics, a Deputy Party Committee Secretary (; also translated as Deputy Party Secretary, deputy party chief, vice party chief) serves as the lieutenant to the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, and thus the deputy ...

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

anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping A far-reaching anti-corruption campaign began in China following the conclusion of the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 2012. The campaign, carried out under the aegis of Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese ...

, 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

province in northwest China, succeeding

Liu Weiping Liu Weiping (; born May 1953) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He served as Governor of Gansu from 2010 to 2016, and prior to that, Vice-Governor of Qinghai Province and mayor of Na ...

, 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. She is serving as Chairwoman (Governor) of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region from July 2016. Along with Bu Xiaolin of Inner Mongolia and Shen Yiqin of Guiz ...

and

Yu Haiyan Yu Haiyan (; born July 1961) is a former Chinese official. At the height of his career, he served as the Vice Governor of Gansu and Communist Party Secretary of Lanzhou. On January 11, 2017, Yu was placed under investigation by the Communist Par ...

(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

of Gansu. Lin was an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and a full member of the 19th Central Committee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Duo 1956 births Living people 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 Alternate members 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