Liu Guozhong (; born July 1962) is a Chinese politician and a member of the

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. He began his career in

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province before serving stints at the

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and as deputy party secretary of Sichuan. He had served as Governor of Jilin and Shannxi from 2016 to 2020. He served as the Party Secretary of

Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichu ...

from 2020 to 2022.

Biography

Liu was born in Wangkui County,

province. He joined the

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in November 1986. He attended the

Nanjing Institute of Technology The Nanjing Institute of Technology (NJIT;) is an undergraduate university in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. It was founded in 2000 under the approval of the Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government a ...

where he majored in artillery system fuse design and manufacturing, and has a graduate degree from the

Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology (; abbreviation: HIT or ) is a public research university and a member of China's elite C9 League and a member of the University Alliance of the Silk Road. HIT is a Chinese Ministry of Education Class A Doubl ...

. Liu began his political career in the General Office of the provincial government of Heilongjiang. He served as deputy director of Research and party secretary of

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. He was appointed a member of the Heilongjiang

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, then the secretary-general of the party committee in May the same year, and in September 2011, named executive vice governor of Heilongjiang. In October 2013, Liu was named a member of the Secretariat of the

. In February 2016, he was transferred to become deputy party secretary of Sichuan. He served for ten months, before being transferred to

Jilin Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...

to become acting governor, confirmed by the provincial People's Congress on January 19, 2017. In December 2017, he was appointed as deputy party secretary of

. Later he was appointed as the Governor.刘国中任陕西省代省长
/ref> In July 2020, he was appointed to be the party secretary of Shannxi succeeding

Hu Heping Hu Heping (; born 24 October 1962) is a Chinese politician and the current Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, Communist Party Secretary of Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Culture and Touri ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Guozhong 1962 births People from Suihua Living people Governors of Shaanxi Governors of Jilin People's Republic of China politicians from Heilongjiang Nanjing Institute of Technology alumni Harbin Institute of Technology alumni Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party Deputy Communist Party secretaries of Shaanxi