Guo Shengkun -- Member of Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee

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