Liao Guoxun

Liao Guoxun (Chinese: 廖国勋; born February 1963) is a Chinese politician currently serving as mayor and deputy party chief of Tianjin.^[1] He is of Tujia ethnicity.

Born in Chengdu, Sichuan, he graduated from Guizhou Normal University and Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party. He began his career as a teacher in Kaili, before getting in politics in the government of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. He was deputy party chief of Tongren in 2017 and one year later was promoted to party chief position. Afterwards, he was members the CCP Standing Committees in two provincial-level administrative divisions of both Guizhou and Zhejiang and one direct-administered municipality Shanghai.^[2]

He was a delegate to the 11th and 13th National People's Congress. He was a delegate to the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and is a delegate to the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

Early life and education[]

Liao was born in Chengdu, Sichuan, in February 1963. After the resumption of National College Entrance Examination, he was accepted to Guizhou Normal University, where he majored in chemistry.

Career in Guizhou[]

After graduating in August 1983, he was dispatched to Kaili No. 4 High School as a teacher and deputy secretary of the Communist Youth League Committee. Liao became involved in politics in January 1986, when he was transferred to the Organization Department of CCP Qiandongnan Prefecture Committee. By June 2007 when he was appointed deputy party chief and later party chief of Tongren, he has served in various posts in the General Office of CCP Guizhou Provincial Committee. In April 2012, he was elected a member the Standing Committee of CCP Guizhou Provincial Committee at the First session of the 11th CCP Guizhou Provincial Committee, a position at vice-ministerial level.

Career in Zhejiang[]

In April 2015, he was transferred to east China's Zhejiang province and appointed head of the Organization Department of CCP Zhejiang Provincial Committee and a member its Standing Committee.

Career in Shanghai[]

A year and a half later, he was transferred to the neighboring direct-administered municipality Shanghai and appointed a member the Standing Committee of CCP Shanghai Municipal Committee and secretary of its Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party's agency in charge of anti-corruption efforts.^[3] On January 28, 2018, he was unanimously chosen as head of the newly founded Shanghai Supervisory Commission, the government's agency in charge of anti-corruption efforts.^[4] On February 28, 2020, he was promoted to become deputy party chief of Shanghai, a position he held until the end of August 2020.^[5]

Career in Tianjin[]

On August 31, 2020, he was appointed deputy party chief of north China's Tianjin municipality.^[6] He was named acting mayor on September 3 and was installed as mayor on September 16.

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