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13 Facts About Guo Shuyan

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Guo Shuyan was a Chinese engineer and politician.

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Guo Shuyan served as Governor of Hubei from 1990 to 1993.

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Guo Shuyan served as the deputy director of the State Science and Technology Commission from 1985 to 1990 and deputy director of the Three Gorges Project Construction Committee from 1993 to 2003.

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Guo Shuyan was born in October 1935 in Zhenping County, Henan, Republic of China.

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Guo Shuyan attended Nankai University in 1952, before going to the Soviet Union to study at the Ural Polytechnic Institute, where he earned a degree in metallurgy in 1959.

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In 1959, in the midst of the Great Leap Forward, Guo returned to China and worked at the Shenyang Manufacturing Research Institute of the First Ministry of Machine Building.

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From 1978 to 1982, Guo Shuyan served as deputy director and Chief Engineer of the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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Guo Shuyan served as deputy director of the Bureau of Development Estimates of the State Science and Technology Commission from 1982 to 1983, and deputy director of the Science and Technology Leading Group of the State Council from 1983 to 1984.

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From 1985 to 1990, Guo Shuyan served as deputy director of the State Science and Technology Commission.

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In 1990, Guo Shuyan was appointed Governor and Deputy Party Secretary of Hubei Province.

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However, Guo Shuyan proved incompatible with Guan, and similarly ended his term prematurely.

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From 1993 to 2003, Guo Shuyan served as deputy director of the Three Gorges Project Construction Committee.

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Guo Shuyan concurrently served as deputy director of the State Planning Commission from 1993 to 1998.