Guo Yongxiang (; born February 1949) is a former Chinese politician. He worked for the China National Petroleum Corporation before joining the Ministry of Land and Resources. He was subsequently transferred to work in

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

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

Chinese Communist Party 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 ...

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

Zhou Yongkang Zhou Yongkang (born 3 December 1942) is a former senior leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He was a member of the 17th Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), China's highest decision-making body, and the Secretary of the Central Politic ...

Biography

Guo was born in Linyi County, Shandong in February 1949, during the Republic of China. Guo joined the

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

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goa ...

, Guo worked in Shengli Oil Field, Shandong as an officer, he entered the China National Petroleum Corp in August 1990. He attended

Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party The Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party (), commonly known as the Central Party School (), located in Beijing, is the higher education institution which trains Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cadres. As of 2012, it has around 1,60 ...

in August 1992, majoring in economic administration, where he graduated in December 1994. In July 1998, Guo was appointed as Chief of Office Ministry of Land and Resources. 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 The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) is the highest internal control institution of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), tasked with enforcing internal rules and regulations and combating corruption and malfeasance in the pa ...

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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