Sun Guoxiang (; born February 1965) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in his home-province

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. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in June 2022. Previously he served as vice chairman of

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. He was a delegate to the

11th National People's Congress The 11th National People's Congress (NPC) met for a 5-year term, from 2008 to 2013. It held five annual two week plenary sessions during this period. It succeeded the 10th National People's Congress. There were 2,987 deputies elected to the ...

Biography

Sun was born in Andong County (now Donggang),

, in February 1965. He joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

(CCP) in 1985. He was appointed secretary of Liaoning Provincial Committee of the

Communist Youth League of China The Communist Youth League of China (CYLC; also known as the Young Communist League of China or simply the Communist Youth League or CYL) is a people's organization of the People's Republic of China for youth between the ages of 14 and 28, r ...

in November 2002, concurrently serving as president of Liaoning Youth Federation since March 2003. In February 2008, he was named acting mayor of

Panjin Panjin ( zh, s=盘锦, t=盤錦, p=Pánjǐn) is a coastal prefecture-level city in central Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, situated on the northern shore of the Liaodong Bay. It borders Anshan to the east, Yingkou to the sout ...

, confirmed in January 2009. He rose to become party secretary, the top political position in the city, in August 2010. In September 2016, he was transferred to

Anshan Anshan ( zh, s=鞍山, p=Ānshān, l=saddle mountain) is an inland prefecture-level city in central-southeast Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, about south of the provincial capital Shenyang. As of the 2020 census, it was Liaoning' ...

and appointed party secretary. He took up the post of vice chairman of

which he held from January 2018 to June 2022, although he remained party secretary of Anshan until October 2018.

Downfall

On June 2, 2022, he has been placed under investigation for "serious violations of laws and regulations" by the

Central Commission for Discipline Inspection The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) is the highest supervisory organ of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCDI is elected and supervised by the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, CCP National Congress. ...

(CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the

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, the highest anti-corruption agency of China. On August 30, he was expelled from the CCP and removed from public office.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sun, Guoxiang 1965 births Living people People from Donggang, Liaoning Purged Chinese politicians Dongbei University of Finance and Economics alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Liaoning Chinese Communist Party politicians from Liaoning Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress