Guo Yongxiang (; born February 1949) is a former Chinese politician. He worked for the

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before joining the Ministry of Land and Resources. He was subsequently transferred to work in

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province, and successively served as the Vice Governor and Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Congress. He was investigated for corruption, dismissed from office, expelled from the

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(CCP), and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Guo was a close associate of disgraced former security tsar Zhou Yongkang.

Biography

Guo was born in Linyi County,

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 ...

in February 1949, during the

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. Guo joined the

in January 1971 and he got involved in politics in December 1972. During the

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, Guo worked in

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, Shandong as an officer, he entered the

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in August 1990. He attended Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party in August 1992, majoring in economic administration, where he graduated in December 1994. In July 1998, Guo was appointed as Chief of Office

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. In January 2000 he was promoted to become the deputy secretary general of Sichuan Committee of Chinese Communist Party, a position he held until December 2002. In December 2002, he was appointed a Standing Committee member of Sichuan Committee of Chinese Communist Party, the secretary general of Sichuan Committee of Chinese Communist Party and the chairman of CCP Sichuan Provincial Committee Office, he remained in that positions until January 2006, when he was appointed the vice-governor of Sichuan. In January 2008, Guo was elected as the vice-chairman of the Sichuan People's Congress. In February 2009, Guo was appointed as the president of Sichuan Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

Downfall

On June 23, 2013, Guo was being investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection for "serious violations of laws and regulations". On April 8, 2014, Guo was dismissed from his government positions and expelled from the CCP. On October 13, 2015, Guo was sentenced 20 years in the jail.

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Biography

Downfall

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