2006年6月,郭颖就任兴县县委书记、人武部党委第一书记,上任第二天,他来到人武部机关了解民兵预备役工作,察看办公条件,细心听取部领导的工作汇报后说:“作为人武部党委第一书记,我有信心成为全区兴武强兵的‘排头兵’。” In June 2006, Guo Ying became the secretary of Xingxian County Party Committee and the first secretary of the Party Committee of People’s Armed Forces Ministry. Upon his inauguration the next day, he came to the Ministry of People’s Armed Forces to understand the work of the militia reservists, examined the working conditions and listened attentively to the report of the ministerial leadership and said: “As the First Secretary of the People’s Armed Police Forces Party Committee, I have the confidence to be the vanguard of Xingwu in the whole region.”