Gu Guoquan, male, Han nationality, is a native of Datong County, Qinghai province. He was born in 1957, and joined the CPC in 1977. He served as director of the Xining Municipal Planning Commission of Qinghai province and secretary of the CPC leadership group of the Xining Municipal Planning Commission until 2004. He was elected as vice-mayor of Xining City of Qinghai province in that same year.