Guo Jinlong, male, Han nationality, is a native of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. He was born in 1947, graduated from Physics Department of Nanjing University in 1969, and joined the CPC in 1979.
Guo spent nearly 25 years in Party and government positions Sichuan Province, especially in Zhongxian County and Leshan City. His positions span physical culture, public relations, education and agriculture. In 1993, he was deputy secretary of the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee, but at the end of the year, he was transferred to Tibet as deputy secretary of the CPC Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee. In 2000, he became secretary of the Committee.
Guo was an alternate member of the 15th CPC Central Committee and a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee. He also served as secretary of the Anhui CPC provincial committee from 2004-2007.
Guo was mayor of Beijing from 2008 to 2012. He was also a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee. In 2012 he became secretary of the Beijing CPC municipal committee and a member of the Politburo of the 18th CPC Central Committee. He was named Chairman of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizational Committee in 2015. In 2017 he became Deputy Director of the Central Commission for Guiding Ethic and Cultural Progress.