Guo Shengkun is elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Oct. 25, 2017. (Xinhua)
BEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The following is the biographical sketch of Guo Shengkun:
Guo Shengkun, male, Han ethnicity, was born in October 1954 and is from Xingguo, Jiangxi Province. He began his first job in August 1973 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in December 1974. Guo graduated from University of Science and Technology Beijing, where he completed an in-service graduate program in management science and engineering. He holds a Doctor of Management degree. He is a professor-level senior engineer.
Guo is currently a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and a member of the CPC Central Committee Secretariat; a State Councilor and a member of the Leading Party Members Group of the State Council, and concurrently Minister and Party Committee Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security; Deputy Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee under the CPC Central Committee; and First Political Commissar and Party Committee First Secretary of the Chinese People's Armed Police Force. He is Commissioner General of Police.
2017- Member, Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee
Member, CPC Central Committee Secretariat
State Councilor and Leading Party Members Group member of the State Council, and concurrently Minister and Party Committee Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security
Deputy Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee under the CPC Central Committee
First Political Commissar and Party Committee First Secretary, Chinese People's Armed Police Force
2013-2017 State Councilor and Leading Party Members Group member of the State Council, and concurrently Minister and Party Committee Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security
Deputy Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee under the CPC Central Committee
First Political Commissar and Party Committee First Secretary, Chinese People's Armed Police Force
2012-2013 Minister and Party Committee Secretary, Ministry of Public Security
2008-2012 Secretary, CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional Committee
Chairman, Standing Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional People's Congress
2007-2008 Secretary, CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional Committee
2004-2007 Deputy Secretary, CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional Committee
Vice Chairman and Leading Party Members Group Deputy Secretary, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional Government
Studied management science and engineering at University of Science and Technology Beijing and was awarded a Doctor of Management degree (2003-2007)
2001-2004 General Manager and Leading Party Members Group Secretary, Aluminum Corporation of China, and concurrently Chairman of the Board and President of Aluminum Corporation of China Limited
Took a continuing studies course for provincial- and ministerial-level officials at the Central Party School (Mar-May 2002)
2000-2001 Chairman, Supervisory Board for Key Large State-Owned Enterprises under the State Council
Head, Preparation Group of Aluminum Corporation of China
1999-2000 Deputy Director-General and Leading Party Members Group member, State Bureau of Nonferrous Metal Industry
1998-1999 Member, Leading Party Members Group, State Bureau of Nonferrous Metal Industry
1997-1998 Vice General Manager and Leading Party Members Group member, China National Nonferrous Metals Industry Corporation
1993-1997 Manager and Leading Party Members Group Secretary, Nanchang Branch, China National Nonferrous Metals Industry Corporation
Studied management engineering at the Department of Management Engineering, Central-South China Engineering University, and was awarded a Master of Management degree (1994-1996)
Took a one-year training course for young and middle-aged officials, Central Party School (1995-1996)
1992-1993 Manager and Party Committee Secretary, Guixi Silver Mine, China National Nonferrous Metals Industry Corporation
1990-1992 Manager, Huameiao Tungsten Mine, China National Nonferrous Metals Industry Corporation
General Director and Party Committee Secretary, Guixi Silver Mine Construction Headquarters (concurrently)
1985-1990 Manager, Huameiao Tungsten Mine, China National Nonferrous Metals Industry Corporation
1979-1985 Technician; section chief; and Party branch secretary of the Mechanical Ore Dressing Workshop, Huameiao Tungsten Mine under the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry Production deputy director; executive deputy director; and director of the Mine
1977-1979 Studied ore dressing at Mining Department, Jiangxi Metallurgical Institute
1973-1977 Educated youth, Wuliting Commune, Xingguo County, Jiangxi Province
Alternate member, 16th and 17th CPC Central Committees
Member, 18th and 19th CPC Central Committees
Member, Political Bureau and Secretariat, 19th CPC Central Committee
