Dou was born in October 1962 in Xuzhou, Jiangsu.[4] In 1980, he enrolled at the Technical School of Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, where he majored in agronomy.[4]
Career
After graduating in October 1982, he became a technician at the Emin County Seed Company.[4] At that time, he also studied at the Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences Staff University.[4]
He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in January 1986, and began his political career in February 1990, when he was appointed an official of the CCP Organization Department of the Emin County Committee.[4] He was deputy party secretary of Maralsu Township in August 1991 and subsequently party secretary of Shanghu Township in December 1992.[4] He became a member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Emei County Committee and head of the Organization Department in August 1995 before being assigned to the similar position in Toli County in August 1997.[4] In February 2001, he rose to become party secretary, the top political position in the county, in addition to serving as party group secretary of the People's Congress.[4] He was head of the Organization Department of the CCP Turpan Prefectural Committee in May 2005, and held that office until November 2009, when he was appointed the similar position in Aksu Prefecture.[4] He was made deputy party secretary in September 2011, concurrently serving as secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission.[4] In July 2013, he was named acting party secretary, confirmed two months later.[4] He was chosen as vice chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the regional advisory body, in January 2018.[4]
Downfall
On 20 March 2024, he was suspected of "serious violations of laws and regulations" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.[5] Dou has been expelled from the Communist Party and dismissed from public office on 7 October 2024.[6]
PB Former member of the Politburo; PLA Also a military official; CDI Member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection or affiliates 1For details on the civil service ranks of officials, please see Civil Service of the People's Republic of China; 2Army generals listed have attained at least the rank of Major General, which usually enjoys the same administrative privileges as a civilian official of sub-provincial rank.
