Chen Guoqiang

Chen was born in Suzhou, Anhui in May 1962. After the Resumption of College Entrance Examination, he entered Xi'an Basic University in September 1981, majoring in machine building at the Mechanical Department, where he graduated in July 1984. He entered politics in July 1984, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1986. He also studied at the CCP Central Party School, West Virginia University and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business as a part-time student. After university, he was assigned to the Shaanxi Provincial Government, where he assumed various posts there. In November 2010 he became the deputy secretary-general, rising to secretary-general in February 2013. He concurrently served as president of Shanxi Vocational Technology College of Economic Management. ==Investigation==

In January 2018 he was elevated to vice-governor of Shaanxi, a position he held until March 2019, when he was removed from office. As vice-governor, he focused on land and resources, environmental protection, housing, urban and rural construction, and transportation. On January 4, 2020, he has been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and dismissed from public office. His qualification for delegate to the 13th CPC Shaanxi Provincial Congress was terminated. On September 15, he was sentenced to 13 years in prison for accepting bribes by the First Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin. He was fined 3 million yuan (over $439,000). He said he accepted the sentence and would not appeal. ==References==