Guo Chao
Guo Chao, born in Puxian, Shandong, is a Chinese politician. He served as Minister of Organization of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and Deputy Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Biography
Guo Chao joined the Chinese Communist Party in May 1935. From July 1937 to June 1938, he served as head of the publicity department of the Puxian County Committee of the CCP. From July 1938 to January 1940, he served as head of the publicity department and later secretary of the Zhinnan Special Committee of the CCP.Between January 1940 and September 1943, he held successive posts as Secretary of the First and Fifth Regional Committees of the CCP Jiluyu Area, Head of the Organization Department of the Fourth Regional Committee, and Deputy Secretary of the Third Regional Committee. From October 1943 to August 1944, he served as Party Branch Secretary of the Third Team of the CCP Jiluyu Sub-Bureau Party School.
From September 1944 to November 1947, he served as Deputy Secretary of the Second Regional Committee of Jiluyu and concurrently as Political Commissar of the Military Sub-district and Secretary of the Eighth Regional Committee. From December 1947 to October 1952, he held positions including deputy director of the Organization Department and President of the Party School of the Jiluyu Regional Party Committee, Director of the Organization Department of the CCP Northeastern Jiangxi Regional Committee, and deputy director and Director of the Organization Department of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
From November 1952 to November 1958, Guo served as director and party secretary of the Southwest Bureau of Nonferrous Metals, member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Yunnan Provincial Committee, and director and party secretary of the Nonferrous Metals Bureau under the. From December 1958 to August 1977, he served as Secretary of the Secretariat of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and Vice Governor of the Yunnan Provincial People's Government. During this period, from October 1972 to June 1973, he concurrently served as Deputy Leader of the Central Committee and State Council Working Group in Guizhou.
From August 1977 to June 1978, he studied at the Central Party School. From July 1978 to November 1983, he served as Secretary of the Secretariat of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and Vice Governor of the Fujian Provincial People's Government. From December 1983 to January 1989, he served as economic advisor to the.
Guo Chao died in Beijing on February 28, 1993.