[1] Gu joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1985, and entered the workforce in July 1988.
[1] In July 2016, Gu was named party secretary of Beijing International Studies University, a position she held until October 2022.
On 26 October 2022, Gu was put under investigation for alleged "serious violations of discipline and laws" 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.
[3] On 10 July 2023, she was indicted on suspicion of accepting bribes and corruption by the Beijing Municipal People's Procuratorate.
[4] On 29 March 2024, she was sentenced to 13 years and fined one million yuan for taking bribes and corruption by the Beijing No.