Liu Guozhong
Chinese politician (1962-)
Liu Guozhong (Chinese: 刘国中; pinyin: Liú Guózhōng; born July 1962) is a Chinese politician and a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party who has served as a vice premier of China since March 2023.
He began his career in Heilongjiang province before serving stints at the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and as deputy party secretary of Sichuan. He had served as Governor of Jilin and Shaanxi from 2016 to 2020. He served as the Party Secretary of Shaanxi from 2020 to 2022.
Early life
Liu was born in July 1962 in Wangkui County, Heilongjiang province, China. From 1978 to 1982, he studied fuze design and manufacturing at the artillery department at the East China Institute of Engineering.
After graduation to 1985, Liu worked as a cadre at the Jiancheng Machinery Factory in Harbin, which was part of state-owned arms manufacturer Norinco and also known under the military designation Factory 624. He then pursued a master's degree in metal pressure processing at the Harbin Institute of Technology for three years. He continued his studies at the institute's faculty of management to study systems engineering and left in 1990.
Heilongjiang (1990–2013)
While studying at the Harbin Institute of Technology, in November 1986, Liu joined the Chinese Communist Party.
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