Gao Siren, male, is a native of Qingdao, Shandong province. He was born in 1944, joined the CPC in 1972, and graduated from the Hefei University of Technology. Gao is a postgraduate and engineer. Gao began his career at the Dabao Hill Mine in Guangdong province, where he was a member of the CPC Commission for Discipline Inspection until 1981. He has also held leading posts in the Shaoguan City CPC Committee, and served as mayor there in 1991.
Gao Siren was appointed Director of the liaison office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2000. He was a member of the 14th-16th CPC Central Committees. He is now Chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee of the 11th NPC.