He Guoqiang (; born October 1. 1943) is a retired senior leader of the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victoriou ...

(CCP). Between 2007 and 2012, He was a member of the

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(PSC), China's highest ruling council, and the

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of the

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, the party's anti-corruption agency. Earlier in his career, He served as the head of the

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, the Governor of

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...

, and the

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Chongqing Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...

Career

He Guoqiang was born in

Xiangxiang Xiangxiang () is a county-level city under the administration of Xiangtan, Hunan province, China. Located on Central Hunan and the west of Xiangtan, Xiangxiang is bordered by Ningxiang County and Shaoshan City to the north, Xiangtan County to the ...

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...

on October 1. 1943. He joined the

in January 1966 and joined the work force in September 1966. He graduated from the Inorganic Chemistry Department at the Beijing Institute of Chemical Engineering where he had majored in inorganics. With his university education, he held the title of ''Senior Engineer''. He was first assigned to work as a technician at the synthesis division of the Lunan Chemical Fertilizer Plant in

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

. During his eleven years there he eventually made his way up to party branch secretary (''de facto'' head of the plant). Eventually He became an official at the chemical industry department of the Shandong provincial government. After that, he began taking on increasingly senior administrative roles, ascending through the ranks to become

Jinan Jinan (), Postal Map Romanization, alternately romanization of Chinese, romanized as Tsinan, is the Capital (political), capital of Shandong province in East China, Eastern China. With a population of 9.2 million, it is the second-largest city i ...

, the capital of

, in 1987, and a member of the Shandong

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. In 1991, he became deputy minister of Chemical Industry. In October 1996, He was transferred to Fujian to become deputy governor, then acting governor. He assumed the post of the Governor of

between 1997 and 1999. In June 1999, he was named the party secretary of

, only the second person to take on the job after the city gained

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status. He remained in Chongqing until 2002. He moved to national prominence that year, becoming the head of the

, overseeing party personnel. He was named to the

at the 17th Party Congress in November 2007, heading up the

, in charge of stamping out corruption with party officials, replacing Wu Guanzheng. He was ordered by General Secretary

Hu Jintao Hu Jintao (born 21 December 1942) is a Chinese politician who served as the 16–17th general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, the 6th president of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from 2003 to 2013, an ...

to go into earthquake areas in the aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. He Guoqiang was said to be a 'moderating' force on the PSC, with no apparent loyalties to any particular factions or patrons.

Family

He Guoqiang's eldest son, (; born June 7, 1971), is a former soldier who eventually went into business. He Jintao founded the

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firm Nepoch Capital. He Jintao worked with

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and

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on various investment projects. Several media sources have linked He Jintao with the corruption case involving

Song Lin "Charley" Song Lin (; born February 3, 1963) is a former Chinese business executive. At the pinnacle of his career, he served as the Board Chairman and Party Committee Secretary of China Resources, a state-owned conglomerate with interests in t ...

, former chief executive of

. He Guoqiang's second son, He Jinlei (), was a vice president at the investment arm of

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, CDB Capital, a state-owned company which invested heavily in Alibaba's initial public offering in 2014. The wives and children of both of He Guoqiang's sons are said to be living in the

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of the United States. In May 2014, U.S.-based Chinese-language website ''Duowei'' reported that He's successor as central discipline secretary

Wang Qishan Wang Qishan (; ; born 19 July 1948) is a Chinese politician, and the current Vice President of the People's Republic of China. Wang is one of the leading figures behind China's foreign affairs, along with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Ke ...

scheduled a meeting with him to discuss ongoing investigation into the business activities of his sons, and He Jintao specifically. The same article mentioned that the likelihood of He Guoqiang's personal involvement in corruption was low, and that He urged his sons to cooperate with the investigation.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:He, Guoqiang Living people 1943 births Politicians from Xiangtan Governors of Fujian Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hunan Beijing University of Chemical Technology alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Hunan Political office-holders in Shandong Political office-holders in Chongqing Members of the 17th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party Secretaries of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Members of the 16th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party