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Guo Jinlong
郭金龙
Guo Jinlong
Communist Party Secretary of Beijing
In office
July 3, 2012 – May 27, 2017
DeputyWang Anshun (mayor)
Cai Qi (mayor)
Preceded byLiu Qi
Succeeded byCai Qi
Mayor of Beijing
In office
January 26, 2008 – July 25, 2012
Party SecretaryLiu Qi
Preceded byWang Qishan
Succeeded byWang Anshun
President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
In office
December 15, 2015 – June 9, 2017
IOC presidentThomas Bach
Succeeded byCai Qi
Chair of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
In office
December 15, 2015 – June 9, 2017
Preceded byCommittee established
Succeeded byCai Qi
Personal details
BornJuly 1947 (age 76–77)
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1979–present)
Alma materNanjing University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese郭金龙
Traditional Chinese郭金龍

Guo Jinlong (Chinese: 郭金龙; born July 1947) is a Chinese politician, who served as the Vice Chairman of the Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization, and was a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. Between 2008 and 2012 Guo served as the Mayor of Beijing, and Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Beijing between 2012 and 2017. As the Mayor of Beijing during the 2008 Olympics, Guo served as the executive chairman of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG).

Before his career in Beijing, Guo served as the Party Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region between 2000 and 2004, and CCP Committee Secretary of Anhui Province from 2004 to 2007.

Life and career

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Sichuan

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Guo Jinlong was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu.[1] From 1964 to 1969, he studied at the Physics Department of Nanjing University, majoring in acoustics, and joined the workforce in August 1969. From 1970 to 1973, he served as a cadre in the Electricity Unit of the Water and Electricity Bureau of Zhong County, Sichuan Province. From 1973 to 1979, he served as a coach in the Physical Culture Committee of Zhong County. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1979. From 1979 to 1980, he served as a theoretical instructor in the Publicity Department of the Zhong County Committee of the CCP.[2] In 1980, he served as deputy director of the Bureau of Literature and Education of Zhong County. In 1981, he served as director of the Bureau of Culture of Zhong County, Sichuan Province. In 1983, he served as deputy secretary of the CCP Zhong County Committee and governor of Zhong County.[3]

From 1985 to 1987, he served as deputy director of the Rural Policy Research Office of the CCP Sichuan Provincial Committee and deputy director of the Sichuan Rural Economy Committee. From 1987 to 1990, he served as deputy secretary of the CCP Leshan Municipal Committee. From 1990 to 1992, he served as secretary of the CCP Leshan Municipal Committee. From October 1992 to 1993, he served as a standing member of the CCP Sichuan Provincial Committee. In 1993, he became the Deputy Secretary of the CCP Sichuan Provincial Committee.[4]

Tibet

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In December 1993, Guo left Sichuan, where he had worked for over twenty years, and headed to Lhasa to serve as the Deputy Party Secretary of the CCP Tibet Autonomous Region, and was promoted to become the Secretary from 2000 to 2004.[5] As the leading official in Tibet at the time, Guo played a leading role in the Qinghai-Tibet Railway project. In October 2000, the Fifth Plenary Session of the Fifteenth CCP Central Committee held in Beijing, the theme of which was to study the proposals for the Tenth Five-Year Plan, and on October 10, during a group discussion, Guo Jinlong argued for the inclusion of the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway in China's Tenth Five-Year Plan.[6]

Anhui

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He left Tibet to serve as the party chief of Anhui province in 2004, and Chairman of the Standing Committee of Anhui People's Congress from 2005. In 2004, Anhui's political scene was in turmoil, starting with the execution of former Anhui vice-governor Wang Huaizhong for embezzlement and selling officials,[7] followed by the nationwide attention given to the fake milk powder incident in Fuyang.[8] Because of this, Guo Jinlong's appointment was met with high expectations. He spent the first six months of his tenure conducting research in various places, and he lived in a guest house with his family for about half-year. [9][10][11]

Beijing

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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, confirmed on January 26, 2008. He served as Executive President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Summer Olympics. On July 3, 2012, a few months before the 18th Party Congress, Guo was named party chief of Beijing. At the party congress held in November, Guo was elevated to the 25-member Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. During Guo Jinlong's presidency of Beijing, the city successfully won the right to host the XXIV Winter Olympic Games on July 31, 2015.[12][13]

On May 27, 2017, Guo left his post of Beijing party chief to Cai Qi. He was then duly appointed as the Vice Chairman of the Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization.[14]

Guo was the alternate member of 15th CCP Central Committee and member of 16th, 17th, and 18th Central Committees. Due to age restrictions Guo retired at the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 2017.[15]

References

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  1. ^ 中国人物年鉴 (in Chinese). 华艺出版社. 2000. p. 159. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  2. ^ 《中国人名大词典》编辑部 (1994). 中国人名大词典: 现任党政军领导人物卷 (in Chinese). Foreign Languages Press. p. 173. ISBN 978-7-119-00725-0. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  3. ^ 中共第一届至十五届中央委员 (in Chinese). 中央文献出版社. 2001. p. 649. ISBN 978-7-5073-1034-4. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  4. ^ 中国共产党. 中央组织部; 中共中央党史硏究室 (2004). 中国共产党历届中央委员大辞典, 1921-2003 (in Chinese). 中共党史出版社. p. 182. ISBN 978-7-80136-952-9. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  5. ^ 中华名人协会; 中国文学艺术界联合会; 中国中外名人文化硏究会 (2007). 中国人物年鉴 (in Chinese). 华艺出版社. p. 20. ISSN 1008-1771. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  6. ^ 人民日报社 (2008). 大地双周刊 (in Chinese). 《大地》月刊社. p. 31. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  7. ^ 安徽省; 安徽年鉴编委会 (2005). 安徽年鑑 (in Chinese). 安徽人民出版社. p. 27. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  8. ^ 南方人物周刊 (in Chinese). 南方周末报社. 2008. p. 33. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  9. ^ "郭金龙高原履职11载 安徽上任半年住招待所". 香港文匯網 (in Chinese). 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  10. ^ 名人传记 (in Chinese). 黄河文艺出版社. 2008. p. 16. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  11. ^ 瞭望东方周刊社; 瞭望周刊社 (2005). 瞭望东方周刊 (in Chinese). 瞭望东方传媒有限公司. p. 27. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  12. ^ "北京获得2022年冬奥会举办权习近平致信申办冬奥会代表团表示热烈祝贺_滚动新闻_中国政府网". 中国政府网_中央人民政府门户网站 (in Chinese). 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  13. ^ "百年瞬间丨北京获得2022年冬奥会主办权_共产党员网". 共产党员网_中共中央组织部 (in Chinese). 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  14. ^ "蔡奇任北京市委书记 郭金龙不再兼任". Xinhua. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  15. ^ "蔡奇任北京市委书记 陈吉宁接代市长". 联合早报 (in Chinese). 2017-05-27. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
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Assembly seats
Preceded by Chairman of Anhui People's Congress
2005–2007
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Government offices
Preceded by Mayor of Beijing
2007–2012
(acting until 2008)
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Party political offices
Preceded by Communist Party Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region
2000–2004
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Preceded by Communist Party Secretary of Anhui Province
2004–2007
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Preceded by Communist Party Secretary of Beijing Municipality
2012–2017
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Winter Olympics
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President of Organizing Committee for Winter Olympic Games
2015–2017
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