Guo Yuanqiang

Guo was born in Guangshan County, Henan, in July 1965. In 1984, he was admitted to Central China Normal University, where he majored in chemistry. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1986.^{[citation needed]}

After graduating in 1988, he joined the faculty of Guangxi Agricultural College (now Guangxi Agricultural University). He began graduate work at the Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1990 and earned his master's degree in 1993. In July 1993, he was hired as an engineer at the Guangdong Petrochemical Import and Export Trade Company. In October 1996, he entered the Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he successively worked as an assistant researcher, associate researcher, and researcher.

Guo began his political career in August 2003, when he was appointed deputy director of Guangdong Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau. In July 2008, he became vice mayor of Maoming, party secretary of Gaozhou and chairman of Gaozhou Municipal People's Congress. He became director and party branch secretary of Guangdong Provincial Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation in March 2012, which was reshuffled as Guangdong Provincial Department of Commerce in December 2013. In March 2016, he was transferred to the coastal city Zhuhai and appointed party secretary and chairman of Zhuhai Municipal People's Congress.^[1] His predecessor Li Jia was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party's internal disciplinary body, for "serious violations of regulations".^[2]