12 Facts About Lin Duo

Lin Duo is a Chinese politician currently serving as the Party Secretary of Gansu.

Lin Duo was born in March 1956 in Heze, Shandong province.

Lin Duo joined the Chinese Communist Party in October 1975.

In 1982, Lin began working for the road administration office of Huairou County in suburban Beijing, embarking on a career in the Beijing government lasting nearly three decades.

Lin Duo rose through the ranks first in Huairou County, then in the Beijing Highway Bureau, and the Beijing Urban Management Committee.

Lin Duo was appointed governor of Beijing's Xicheng District in 2003, and CCP Committee Secretary of Xicheng in 2006.

In July 2010, following the merger of Xicheng District with Xuanwu District, Lin Duo was transferred to Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province in Northeast China, to serve as its Deputy Party Secretary and Mayor.

In Liaoning, Lin Duo was instrumental in leading the investigation into the Liaoning vote-buying scandal, which led to the suspension of the provincial People's Congress.

On 1 April 2016, Lin Duo was made acting Governor of Gansu in northwest China, succeeding Liu Weiping, who had resigned and transferred to an academic position.

At the time of Lin Duo's appointment in Gansu, the number of native Gansu officials on its provincial standing committees was a mere two people: Xian Hui and Yu Haiyan.

On 11 April 2017, Lin Duo was appointed as the CCP Committee Secretary of Gansu.

Lin Duo was an alternate of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a full member of the 19th Central Committee.