Gao Hucheng
| Gao Hucheng | |
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| 高虎城 | |
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| Minister of Commerce | |
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In office March 2013 – March 2017 |
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| Premier | Li Keqiang |
| Preceded by | Chen Deming |
| Succeeded by | Zhong Shan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 1951 (age 65) Shuo County, Shanxi |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater |
Beijing Second Foreign Languages Institute National University of Zaire University of Paris VII |
Gao Hucheng (Chinese: ; born August 1951) is a Chinese politician and business executive. Between 2013 and 2017, he served as the Commerce Minister of the People's Republic of China. Previously, he was Vice Minister of Commerce and Vice Chairman of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Gao holds a doctoral degree in sociology from the University of Paris VII and is fluent in French.
Gao Hucheng was born in Shuo County (now Shuozhou city), Shanxi province in 1951. At age 17 he was sent to work at a village in Hebei province, and later at a cement factory in Datong, Shanxi.
In 1972 Gao was chosen to study French at the Beijing Second Foreign Languages Institute, and in 1975 he went abroad to study at the National University of Zaire in Kinshasa, capital of Zaire (now known as Democratic Republic of Congo). From 1977 to 1980 Gao worked for the Chinese embassy in Zaire as a commercial officer.
In 1980 Gao Hucheng joined China National Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Corporation (CNMEIEC), and two years later was appointed deputy general manager of the company's France office in Paris. He spent the next five years in France, during which time he enrolled at the University of Paris VII, earning a doctorate in sociology in 1985. In 1987 Gao joined the Communist Party of China. From 1989 to 1990 he was the chief of the financial department of CNMEIEC, and was from 1992 to 1994 the deputy general manager of China National Resources Corporation.
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