Zhuang Guotai

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhuang.

Zhuang Guotai (Chinese: 庄国泰; born 25 April 1962) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as chairman of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Zhuang Guotai
庄国泰
Chairman of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 January 2023
Preceded by	Ouyang Jian [zh]
Director of the China Meteorological Administration
In office 4 January 2021 – 23 January 2023
Preceded by	Liu Yaming [zh]
Succeeded by	Chen Zhenlin [zh]
Personal details
Born	(1962-04-25) 25 April 1962 (age 63) Quanzhou, Fujian, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Chengdu University of Information Technology Peking University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	庄国泰
Traditional Chinese	莊國泰
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhuāng Guótài

Zhuang is a representative of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[1]

Early life and education

Zhuang was born in Quanzhou, Fujian, on 25 April 1962.^[2] After resuming the college entrance examination, in 1979, he was accepted to Chengdu Meteorological College (now Chengdu University of Information Technology), where he majored in atmospheric detection.^[2] After graduation, he stayed for teaching. In 1986, he did his postgraduate work at Peking University.^[2]

Career

After graduating in 1989, Zhuang was assigned to the State Bureau of Environment Protection, which was reshuffled as Ministry of Ecology and Environment in 2008, and over a period of 28 years worked his way up to the position of vice minister.^[2]

Zhuang was party branch secretary of the China Meteorological Administration in December 2020, in addition to serving as director since January of the next year.^[3]

In January 2023, Zhuang was transferred to northwest China's Gansu province and appointed chairman of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the provincial advisory body.^[3]