Liao Guoxun

Liao Guoxun (Chinese: 廖国勋; February 1963 – 27 April 2022)[1] was a Chinese politician who served as mayor and deputy party chief of Tianjin.[2] He was of Tujia ethnicity.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liao.
Liao Guoxun
廖国勋
Mayor of Tianjin
In office
16 September 2020 – 27 April 2022
Preceded byZhang Guoqing
Succeeded byZhang Gong
Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Tianjin
In office
31 August 2020 – 27 April 2022
SecretaryLi Hongzhong
Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai
In office
February 2020 – August 2020
SecretaryLi Qiang
Personal details
Born(1963-02-00)February 1963
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Died27 April 2022(2022-04-27) (aged 59)
Tianjin, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materGuizhou Normal University
Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese廖國勛
Simplified Chinese廖国勋

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 into politics in the government of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. He was deputy party chief of Tongren in 2007 and one year later was promoted to party chief position. Afterwards, he was member of the CCP Standing Committees in two provincial-level administrative divisions of both Guizhou and Zhejiang and one direct-administered municipality Shanghai.[3]

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 was 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.

Political 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 CPC Qiandongnan Prefecture Committee. By June 2007 when he was appointed deputy party chief and later party chief of Tongren, he had served in various posts in the General Office of CCP Guizhou Provincial Committee. In April 2012, he was elected a member of 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.

HR chief of Zhejiang

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

Supervisory chief of Shanghai

A year and a half later, he was transferred to the neighboring direct-administered municipality Shanghai and appointed a member of the Standing Committee of CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party's agency in charge of anti-corruption efforts.[4] On January 28, 2018, he was unanimously elected as director of the newly founded Shanghai Municipal Supervisory Commission, the government's agency in charge of anti-corruption efforts.[5] On February 28, 2020, he was promoted to become deputy party chief of Shanghai, a position he held until the end of August 2020.[6]

Mayor of Tianjin

On August 31, 2020, he was appointed deputy party chief of North China's Tianjin municipality.[7] He was named acting mayor on September 3 and was installed as mayor on September 16. His last public appearance was on April 24, 2022, when he attended and spoke at the Tianjin municipal work conference on deepening pollution prevention and control.[8]

Death

On April 27, 2022, Liao died of a sudden illness at the age of 59. His death was announced on the public account of newspaper Tianjin Daily in WeChat on the following evening, with the obituary being very brief.[9]

References
  1. 廖国勋同志因突发疾病离世 (in Chinese)
  2. "Liao Guoxun elected mayor of Tianjin". Chinadaily. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. Xing Yi (28 February 2020). "Liao Guoxun appointed Shanghai's deputy Party chief". Chinadaily. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. Liu Debin (刘德宾) (17 December 2016). 廖国勋任上海纪委书记 侯凯调任中直工委. Sina News (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. Fei Yiyan (费一妍) (28 January 2018). 上海首任监察委主任选举产生 廖国勋当选(附简历). eastday.com (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  6. 中共中央批准：廖国勋同志任上海市委副书记. The Paper (in Chinese). 28 February 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  7. Cheng Xue (程雪) (2 September 2020). 廖国勋任天津市委副书记 廖国勋个人简历. china.com.cn (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  8. 勇于担当持续用力 深入扎实推动绿色低碳发展. tj.gov.cn (in Chinese (China)). 26 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  9. 天津市市长廖国勋因突发疾病离世，享年59岁. .thepaper.cn (in Chinese (China)). 28 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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