11 Facts About Guo Shengkun

Guo Shengkun is a retired Chinese politician and business executive.

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.

Guo Shengkun 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.

Guo Shengkun later became the head of the Huamei'ao Mine of China Non-Ferrous Metal Mining Corporation from 1985 to 1992, the head of the Guixi Silver Mine from 1992 to 1993, the head of the Nanchang Branch of the CNMC in Nanchang from 1993 to 1997, the deputy general manager of the CNMC from 1997 to 1998, and the deputy director of the Ministry of Nonferrous Metals from 1999 to 2000.

Guo Shengkun oversaw the dual listings of Chinalco's subsidiary, Aluminum Corporation of China Limited, on the New York and Hong Kong stock exchanges.

Guo Shengkun held the position until December 2012, when he was succeeded by Peng Qinghua.

In December 2012 Guo Shengkun was transferred to the national government to succeed Meng Jianzhu as the Minister of Public Security, China's top policeman.

On 16 March 2013 Guo Shengkun was appointed one of the five State Councilors in China.

Guo Shengkun was an alternate of the 16th and the 17th Central Committees, and a member of the 18th Central Committee.

In October 2017, after the 19th Party Congress, Guo Shengkun was appointed as the Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission and as a member of the CCP Politburo.

Guo Shengkun stepped down from the Politburo and as the CPLAC Secretary in October 2022.