Gao Hongzhi
Gao Hongzhi is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in north China's Hebei province. As of September 2020, he was under investigation by China's top anti-corruption agency. Previously he served as mayor and party secretary of Handan and before that, mayor of Hengshui. He is a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
Biography
Gao was born in Zhengding County, Hebei, in October 1967. After graduating from Zhengding Normal School in 1986, he stayed at the university and worked in the Communist Youth League, where he eventually became its secretary in April 1991. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in December 1990. He served as an official at the Hebei Provincial School of the Communist Youth League brief 1992–1995 tenure before being assigned to the Organization Department of Hebei Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League. He was eventually promoted to secretary in April 2003.In November 2006, he was promoted to be deputy party secretary of Hengshui, and named acting mayor of the city. He was installed as mayor in March 2007. His first foray into a regional leadership role. His predecessor was removed from public office for the 2008 Chinese milk scandal.
He became mayor of Handan, in January 2012, and then party secretary, the top political position in the city, beginning in February 2013.