Guo Shengkun

Guo Shengkun (; born 16 October 1954) is a retired Chinese politician and business executive. Between 2017 and 2022, he was the secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party, a member of the CCP Politburo, and a secretary of the CCP Secretariat.

Previously Guo served as the minister of Public Security, a state councilor, the Party Secretary of Guangxi and the general manager of Aluminum Corporation of China, a major state-owned enterprise.

Early life and education A native of Xingguo County, Jiangxi province, Guo Shengkun was born on 16 October 1954. Guo entered the workforce in 1973 during the Cultural Revolution as a sent-down youth at an agricultural commune in his native hometown, and joined the CCP in December 1974. From 1977 to 1979 he studied mining at the Jiangxi Institute of Metallurgy (now Jiangxi University of Science and Technology).

Career

Metal industry Starting in 1979 Guo worked in the non-ferrous metal industry in Jiangxi, rising through the ranks of the Machinery Department of the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry to become its section chief, party secretary, and superintendent.

Politics

Guangxi After more than two decades in the metal industry, in 2004 Guo was transferred to the government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, becoming the deputy party secretary and deputy chairman of the provincial-level region which is rich non-ferrous metal reserves.

Guo Shengkun was an alternate of the 16th and the 17th Central Committees, and a member of the 18th Central Committee. He stepped down as State councilor when first Li Keqiang government ended its term in March 2018. In May 2018, he headed the National Leading Group for the Special Campaign to Crack Down on Organized Crime and Eliminate Evil. In February 2021, he headed the National Political and Legal Team Education and Rectification Leading Group. He stepped down from the Politburo and as the CPLAC Secretary in October 2022.