Guo Yonghang
{{Short description|Chinese politician}}
{{Family name hatnote|Guo|lang=Chinese}}
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| image = Guo Yonghang 01.jpg
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| caption = Guo in 2023
| office1 = Communist Party Secretary of Guangzhou
| term_start1 = 16 June 2023
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| deputy1 = Sun Zhiyang
| predecessor1 = Lin Keqing
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| office2 = Mayor of Guangzhou
| term_start2 = 28 January 2022{{#tag:ref|acting from 3 December 2021|group=N}}
| term_end2 = 9 October 2023
| predecessor2 = Wen Guohui
| successor2 = Sun Zhiyang
| office3 = Communist Party Secretary of Zhuhai
| term_start3 = February 2018
| term_end3 = November 2021
| predecessor3 = Guo Yuanqiang
| successor3 = Lu Yuyin
| name = Guo Yonghang
| native_name = {{no bold|郭永航}}
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1965|10}}
| birth_place = Jiyang, Shandong, China
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| party = Chinese Communist Party
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| alma_mater = Wuhan University
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Guo Yonghang ({{zh|c=郭永航|p=Guō Yǒnghang}}; born October 1965) is a Chinese politician who is the current party secretary of Guangzhou, in office since June 2023. He is a delegate to the 14th National People's Congress.
Biography
Born in 1965 in Jiyang District in Jinan, Shandong, Guo attended Wuhan University from 1985 to 1989 where he studied Chinese history at the Department of History and during this period in June 1986, he joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Following graduation, he was assigned to Shenzhen where he worked in propaganda and organization department, and general office of the CCP Shenzhen Municipal Committee. From 2002, he served as the deputy director of the propaganda department of the CCP Shenzhen Municipal Committee, director of the cultural industry development office of the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government and Deputy secretary-general of the CCP Shenzhen Municipal Committee. During this period, he obtained a doctorate in management from Wuhan University with a major in administrative management.{{cite web|url=https://www.lwxsd.com/pcen/info_view.php?tab=mynews&VID=39342|title=Comrade Guo Yonghang appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee|date=16 June 2023|newspaper=Outlook New Era |access-date= 9 June 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://news.cctv.com/2021/10/19/ARTInoEjyW3EmEW9W4te66HZ211019.shtml|title=郭永航任广东省副省长|date=19 October 2021|newspaper=CCTV |access-date= 9 June 2024}}
In June 2010, he was appointed Secretary of the CCP Yantian District Committee in Shenzhen, and in February of the following year, he also served as Chairman of the District People's Congress Standing Committee. In May 2015, he was promoted to member of the Standing Committee and secretary-general of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee.
In February 2018, he was transferred to Zhuhai where served as secretary of the CCP Zhuhai Municipal Committee, chairman of the Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee and first secretary of the Zhuhai Garrison Party Committee, till 2021. At the sane period, he also served as deputy director of the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin and secretary of the Hengqin Working Committee of the Provincial Party Committee.{{cite web|url=https://www.sznews.com/news/content/2021-09/06/content_24544345.htm?v=pc|title=横琴：从边陲海岛变成开发热岛|date=6 September 2018|newspaper=Sznews |access-date= 9 June 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2015545|title=郭永航、方利旭、梁维东分任珠海、汕头、东莞市委书记|date=3 August 2018|newspaper=The Paper |access-date= 9 June 2024}}
On 19 October 2021, he was promoted to the position of Vice Governor of Guangdong. On December 3 of the same year, just over a month after taking office as Vice Governor of Guangdong, he took over as Deputy Secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee and became the acting Mayor of the Guangzhou. On 28 January 2022, he was elected Mayor of Guangzhou.{{cite web|url=https://news.southcn.com/node_af367dbc73/32f8ef493a.shtml|title=郭永航任广东省副省长|newspaper=Southerncn.com|date=2021-10-19|access-date=2024-06-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/china/story20211204-1219878|title=郭永航任广州市代市长|newspaper=Lianhe Zaobao|date=2021-12-04|access-date=2024-06-09}}
On 16 June 2023, he concurrently served as member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Guangdong Provincial Committee and Secretary of the CCP Guangzhou Municipal Committee. On October 9 of the same year, he resigned as Mayor of Guangzhou and was succeeded by Sun Zhiyang.{{Cite web|url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/202306/16/t20230616_38594224.shtml|title=郭永航任广东省委常委、广州市委书记 林克庆不再担任|newspaper=district.ce.cn|date=2023-06-16|access-date=2024-06-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.southcn.com/node_54a44f01a2/5e20901d36.shtml|title=孙志洋任广州市副市长、代市长|newspaper=Southcn.com|date=2023-10-09|access-date=2024-06-09}}
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{{s-ttl |title = Communist Party Secretary of Guangzhou |years = 2023– }}
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{{s-bef |before = Wen Guohui }}
{{s-ttl |title = Mayor of Guangzhou |years = 2022–2023 }}
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{{s-bef |before = Guo Yuanqiang }}
{{s-ttl |title = Communist Party Secretary of Zhuhai |years = 2018–2021 }}
{{s-aft |after = {{ill|Lu Yuyin|zh|吕玉印}} }}
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Category:21st-century mayors of places in China
Category:Politicians from Jinan
Category:Wuhan University alumni
Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong
Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong
Category:Delegates to the 14th National People's Congress
Category:Members of the Guangdong Party Standing Committee
Category:Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party