Guo Yuanqiang (; born July 1965) is a Chinese politician who is the current party secretary of

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the ninth-most populous Chinese city an ...

, in office since September 2021. He is a representative of the

19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China The 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (commonly referred to as ''Shíjiǔ Dà''; ) was held at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, between 18 and 24 October 2017. 2,280 delegates represented the party's estimated 89 milli ...

and was a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Early life and education

Guo was born in Guangshan County,

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...

, in July 1965. In 1984, he was admitted to

Central China Normal University Central China Normal University (CCNU) or Huazhong Normal University (), located in Luonan Subdistrict, Hongshan District in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, is a comprehensive university directly under the administration of the Chinese Mini ...

, where he majored in chemistry. He joined the

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(CPC) in June 1986.

Academic career

After graduating in 1988, he joined the faculty of Guangxi Agricultural College (now Guangxi Agricultural University). He began graduate work at the Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry,

Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); ), known by Academia Sinica in English until the 1980s, is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for natural sciences. It has historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Republi ...

in 1990 and earned his master's degree in 1993. In July 1993, he was hired as an engineer at the Guangdong Petrochemical Import and Export Trade Company. In October 1996, he entered the Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he successively worked as an assistant researcher, associate researcher, and researcher.

Career in Guangdong

Guo began his political career in August 2003, when he was appointed deputy director of Guangdong Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau. In July 2008, he became vice mayor of

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, party secretary of

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and chairman of Gaozhou Municipal People's Congress. He became director and party branch secretary of Guangdong Provincial Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation in March 2012, which was reshuffled as Guangdong Provincial Department of Commerce in December 2013. In March 2016, he was transferred to the coastal city

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and appointed party secretary and chairman of Zhuhai Municipal People's Congress. His predecessor Li Jia was placed under investigation by the

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, the party's internal disciplinary body, for "serious violations of regulations".

Career in Jiangsu

In January 2018, he was transferred to east China's

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province and appointed vice governor. In October 2019, he became secretary general of CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee and party secretary of Jiangsu Provincial Organ Working Committee, and was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. He concurrently served as head of Organization Department of CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee and president of Jiangsu Party School of the Communist Party of China since February 2021.

Career in Hubei

In September 2021, he was despatched to central China's Hubei province, where he was named party chief of

, his first foray into a regional leadership role. The position has been vacant for five months since Wang Zhonglin was promoted to governor of Hubei.

References

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