In July 1951, he entered Renmin University of China to study commerce and graduated in August 1954.
Starting in December 1957, he worked at Wuhan School of Commerce, and later served as vice principal.
[1][3] However, he disagreed with Guan Guangfu, the Party Secretary of Hubei, over the ambitious "Rising Abruptly" strategy, which aimed to dramatically increase the province's economic output.
The audit uncovered systematic corruption in the government, but the results were not initially made public.
A year after Guo stepped down from his position, Premier Zhu Rongji published the report in 1999, disclosing many serious problems including the misuse of hydrological funds by the Ministry of Water Resources.