party secretary of Chongqing
He Guoqiang took which position from 1999 to 2002?
He Guoqiang He Guoqiang ( ; born October 1943 ) is a retired senior leader of the Communist Party of China ( CPC ) . Between 2007 and 2012 , He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee ( PSC ) , Chinas highest ruling council , and the Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection , the partys anti-corruption agency . Earlier in his career , He served as the head of the Organization Department of the Communist Party , the Governor of Fujian , and the Party Committee Secretary of Chongqing . Career . He Guoqiang was born in Xiangxiang , Hunan in 1943 . He joined the Communist Party of China in January 1966 and joined the work force in September 1966 . He graduated from the Inorganic Chemistry Department at the Beijing Institute of Chemical Engineering where he had majored in inorganics . With his university education , he held the title of Senior Engineer . He was first assigned to work as a technician at the synthesis division of the Lunan Chemical Fertilizer Plant in Shandong . During his eleven years there he eventually made his way up to party branch secretary ( de facto head of the plant ) . Eventually He became an official at the chemical industry department of the Shandong provincial government . After that , he began taking on increasingly senior administrative roles , ascending through the ranks to become Party Committee Secretary in Jinan , the capital of Shandong , in 1987 , and a member of the Shandong provincial Party Standing Committee . In 1991 , he became deputy minister of Chemical Industry . In October 1996 , He was transferred to Fujian to become deputy governor , then acting governor . He assumed the post of the Governor of Fujian between 1997 and 1999 . In June 1999 , he was named the party secretary of Chongqing , only the second person to take on the job after the city gained direct-controlled municipality status . He remained in Chongqing until 2002 . He moved to national prominence that year , becoming the head of the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China , overseeing party personnel . He was named to the Politburo Standing Committee at the 17th Party Congress in November 2007 , heading up the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection , in charge of stamping out corruption with party officials , replacing Wu Guanzheng . He was ordered by General Secretary Hu Jintao to go into earthquake areas in the aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake . He Guoqiang was said to be a moderating force on the PSC , with no apparent loyalties to any particular factions or patrons . Family . He Guoqiangs eldest son , ( ; born June 7 , 1971 ) , is a former soldier who eventually went into business . He Jintao founded the private equity firm Nepoch Capital . He Jintao worked with Morgan Stanley and China Resources on various investment projects . Several media sources have linked He Jintao with the corruption case involving Song Lin , former chief executive of China Resources . He Guoqiangs second son , He Jinlei ( ) , was a vice president at the investment arm of China Development Bank , CDB Capital , a state-owned company which invested heavily in Alibabas initial public offering in 2014 . The wives and children of both of He Guoqiangs sons are said to be living in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States . In May 2014 , U.S.-based Chinese-language website Duowei reported that Hes successor as central discipline secretary Wang Qishan scheduled a meeting with him to discuss ongoing investigation into the business activities of his sons , and He Jintao specifically . The same article mentioned that the likelihood of He Guoqiangs personal involvement in corruption was low , and that He urged his sons to cooperate with the investigation .