Guo Jinlong
Guo Jinlong (simplified Chinese: 郭金龙; traditional Chinese: 郭金龍; pinyin: Guō Jīnlóng; born July 1947 in Nanjing, Jiangsu) is a politician of the People's Republic of China and Mayor of Beijing.
[edit] Biography
He graduated from Nanjing University Department of Physics in 1969 and joined the Communist Party of China in 1979, and was sent to work in Sichuan.
In 1993 Guo headed to Lhasa to serve as the Vice-Secretary of the CPC Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee, and was promoted to become the Secretary from 2000 to 2004. He was pivotal in the Qingzang Railway project.
He left Tibet to serve as the Secretary of the CPC Anhui Committee in 2004, and Chairman of the Standing Committee of Anhui People's Congress from 2005. In the first year in Anhui Guo and his family conducted work from a hotel.[1]
Guo was the alternate member of 15th CPC Central Committee and member of 16th and 17th CPC Central Committee. After the departure of Wang Qishan from his post as Mayor of Beijing, Guo headed north from Anhui to take over the position as Acting mayor on November 30, 2007. He served as Executive President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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[edit] External links
- (Chinese) Biography of Guo Jinlong, Xinhua News Agency
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| Preceded by Chen Kuiyuan |
Secretary of the CPC Tibet Committee 2000 – 2004 |
Succeeded by Yang Chuantang |
| Preceded by Wang Taihua |
Secretary of the CPC Anhui Committee 2004 – 2007 |
Succeeded by Wang Jinshan |
| Preceded by Wang Taihua |
Chairman of Anhui People's Congress 2005 – 2007 |
Succeeded by Wang Jinshan |
| Preceded by Wang Qishan |
Mayor of Beijing 2007 – (Acting until January 2008) |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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