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Lin Duo (; born March 1956) is a Chinese politician currently serving as Communist Party secretary of Gansu 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, and Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of Liaoning Province.


Biography

Lin Duo was born in March 1956 in Heze, Shandong province. In November 1974, he enlisted in the People's Liberation Army Navy and served as a submariner for five years. He joined the Communist Party of China 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
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, 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), and has 706,691 inhabitants (2000 Census). Its postal ...
in 2003, and
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 ...
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 Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province in Northeast China, to serve as its Deputy Party Secretary and Mayor. In January 2012 he was promoted to party chief of Harbin, and entered the Heilongjiang provincial party standing committee 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 Chine ...
, Lin was transferred to Liaoning 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 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 N ...
, 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 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
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 ...
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