Guan Zhi'ou (; born 20 December 1969) is a Chinese politician of

Manchu The Manchus (; ) are a Tungusic peoples, Tungusic East Asian people, East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia. They are an officially recognized Ethnic minorities in China, ethnic minority in China and the people from wh ...

ethnicity, currently serving as minister of natural resources. He previously served as director of the

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. Guan is a representative of the

20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), commonly referred to as ''Èrshí Dà'' ( zh, c=二十大), was held in the Great Hall of the People, Beijing from 16 to 22 October 2022. The National Congress is the highest organ ...

and an alternate of the

20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (20th CC), officially the Central Committee of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, comprises 205 members and 171 alternates. It was elected at the Chinese Communis ...

. He is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.

Early life and education

Guan was born in

Shenyang Shenyang,; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly known as Fengtian formerly known by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a sub-provincial city in China and the list of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Liaonin ...

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, on 20 December 1969. In 1988, he entered

Shenyang Normal University Shenyang Normal University (; SYNU) is a broad-based university in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China under the provincial government. History Shenyang Normal University was established in 1951, as Northeastern Education College. During its life ...

, where he majored in biology education. After graduation in 1992, he did his postgraduate work at Shenyang Agricultural University. He joined the

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(CCP) in December 1993.

Career

After university in 1995, Guan was assigned to the Agricultural and Economic Department of Shenyang Planning Commission. He was eventually promoted to its director in March 2000. He was deputy director of the Management Committee of Shenyang Agricultural High-tech Development Zone in April 2002 and subsequently deputy director of the Shenyang Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau in August 2005. In October 2007, he was named acting magistrate of Faku County, confirmed in December of that same year. He was elevated to

party secretary In politics, a party secretary is a senior official within a political party with responsibility for the organizational and daily political work. In most parties, the party secretary is second in rank to the party leader (or party chairman). In s ...

, the top political position in the county, in July 2008. In October 2010, he was appointed director of Shenyang Municipal Planning and Land Resources Bureau, but having held the position for only two years, than he was made vice mayor of

. Guan briefly served as director of Liaoning Rural Economic Committee in July 2015, secretary-general of Liaoning Provincial People's Government in January 2016, president of Liaoning Provincial Federation of Trade Unions in January 2017. He was also admitted to standing committee member of the CCP Liaoning Provincial Committee, the province's top authority, in December 2016. Guan was admitted to standing committee member of the CCP Shandong Provincial Committee, the province's top authority, in March 2018. He was head of the Publicity Department of the CCP Shandong Provincial Committee in April 2018, in addition to serving as secretary of the Education Working Committee of the CCP Shandong Provincial Committee and secretary of the Party Committee of Shandong First Medical University. In May 2020, Guan was transferred to Beijing and appointed director of the

. He was also a member of the Party Group of the Ministry of Natural Resources. On 25 December 2024, he succeeded Wang Guanghua as minister of natural resources.

References

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