On October 18, 2025, according to official news from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), former Mayor of Wuhan, Sheng Yuechun, has been appointed as a standing committee member of the Hubei Provincial Committee and the Secretary of the Wuhan Municipal Committee. Guo Yuanqiang has been removed from his positions as standing committee member of the Hubei Provincial Committee and Secretary of the Wuhan Municipal Committee, with no official announcement on Guo Yuanqiang’s next steps.
Public records indicate that Guo Yuanqiang, born in July 1965 in Guangshan County, Xinyang City, Henan Province, had Wuhan as the city where he spent four years pursuing his undergraduate studies at Central China Normal University.
Guo Yuanqiang has previously held positions such as Secretary of the Zhuhai Municipal Committee, Deputy Governor of Jiangsu Province, standing committee member of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee, and Minister of the Provincial Committee’s Organization Department. In September 2021, he was transferred to become a standing committee member of the Hubei Provincial Committee and Secretary of the Wuhan Municipal Committee of the CCP. He was also a candidate member of the 20th Central Committee of the CCP.
At just over 60 years old and being a candidate member of the 20th Central Committee of the CCP, Guo Yuanqiang’s departure from office indicates the end of his political career path. However, the specific reasons for his removal have not been disclosed by the authorities.