Guo Shengkun (; born 16 October 1954) is a retired Chinese politician and business executive. He was the Secretary of the

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of the

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, a member of the CCP Politburo, and a secretary of the CCP Secretariat, between 2017 and 2022. Previously Guo served as Minister of Public Security,

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Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Guangxi (; ; alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam ( ...

and General Manager of Aluminum Corporation of China, a major

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. Guo is a native of

Xingguo County Xingguo County () is a county in south central Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of and located in the north of the prefecture-level city of Ganzhou, with a total area of . Its population was 719,830 at ...

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

province. He has a doctoral degree in Business Administration from the

University of Science and Technology Beijing The University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB; ), formerly known as Beijing Steel and Iron Institute () before 1988, is a national key university in Haidian District, Beijing, China. USTB's metallurgy and materials science programmes are ...

Career

Metal industry

Guo Shengkun entered the workforce in 1973 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 ...

as a

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in rural

province, and joined the CCP in December 1974. From 1977 to 1979 he studied mining at the Jiangxi Institute of Metallurgy (now Jiangxi University of Science and Technology). Starting in 1979 Guo worked in the non-ferrous metal industry in Jiangxi, rising through the ranks of China Non-Ferrous Metal Mining Corporation. In 2000 he led the creation of the

Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) and became the General Manager of the company. He also oversaw the dual listings of Chinalco's subsidiary, Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chalco), on the

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and

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stock exchanges.

Politics

Guangxi

After more than two decades in the metal industry, in 2004 Guo was transferred to the government of

, becoming the deputy party chief and deputy chairman of the provincial-level region which is rich non-ferrous metal reserves. In November 2007 he succeeded

Liu Qibao Liu Qibao (; born January 1953) is a Chinese politician. He was a member of the 18th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, a Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party, as well as the head of the Propaganda Department of th ...

, who was transferred to

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 t ...

province, as the Communist Party Chief of Guangxi. He held the position until December 2012, when he was succeeded by

Peng Qinghua Peng Qinghua (born April 1957) is a Chinese politician who served as Communist Party Secretary of Sichuan from March 2018 to April 2022, and was formerly the director of the Hong Kong Liaison Office from 2009 to 2012 and the Communist Party S ...

Minister of Public Security

In December 2012 Guo was transferred to the national government to succeed

Meng Jianzhu Meng Jianzhu (; born July 1947) is a retired Chinese politician best known for his term as the Secretary of Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party between 2012 and 2017. He also headed the Central Public ...

as the Minister of Public Security, China's top policeman. Some political analysts questioned his suitability for the post as he had minimal legal experience. On 16 March 2013 Guo was appointed one of the five

s in China. Guo Shengkun was an alternate member of the 16th and the 17th Central Committees, and a full member of the 18th Central Committee. He is a member of the 19th Politburo of the CCP.

Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission

In October 2017, Guo is appointed as the Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the CCP.

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Guo, Shengkun Living people 1954 births Members of the 19th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party Political office-holders in Guangxi Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangxi People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangxi Ministers of Public Security of the People's Republic of China Politicians from Ganzhou People from Xingguo County Businesspeople from Jiangxi State councillors of China