Gong Zheng
龚正
Gong in 2021
Mayor of Shanghai
Assumed office
March 23, 2020
Party SecretaryLi Qiang
Chen Jining
Preceded byYing Yong
Governor of Shandong
In office
April 11, 2017 – April 17, 2020
Party SecretaryLiu Jiayi
Preceded byGuo Shuqing
Succeeded byLi Ganjie
Communist Party Secretary of Hangzhou
In office
September 2013 – August 2015
Preceded byHuang Kunming
Succeeded byZhao Yide
Personal details
Born (1960-03-04) 4 March 1960
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materBeijing University of International Business and Economics
Golden Gate University
Xiamen University

Gong Zheng (Chinese: 龚正; pinyin: Gōng Zhèng; born 4 March 1960) is a Chinese politician who serves as Mayor and Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary of Shanghai. He was formerly Governor of Shandong Province, the CCP Secretary of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, and before that, Vice Governor and Executive Vice Governor of Zhejiang, and deputy director of the General Administration of Customs.[1][2] He graduated from the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE).

Life and career

Gong Zheng was born in March 1960 in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. He graduated from Beijing Institute of Foreign Trade (later renamed University of International Business and Economics, UIBE) in 1982, and worked for the Chinese General Administration of Customs after graduation. He later furthered his studies at the School of Taxation of Golden Gate University in 1987 in the United States, and returned to UIBE, earning an MBA in 1997. He also enrolled at Xiamen University from 2001 to 2004, obtaining a Ph.D. in economics.[1]

Gong served as deputy director of the Tianjin customs department from 1993 to 1996, and director of the Shenzhen customs department from 2001 to 2003. In 2003, he was promoted to deputy director of the General Administration of Customs.[1][2]

In December 2008, Gong Zheng was appointed Vice Governor of Zhejiang province, and was promoted to Executive Vice Governor in June 2012. In September 2013, he became the Communist Party Chief of Hangzhou, the provincial capital.[1] In August 2015, Gong was named deputy party chief of Shandong province, replacing Wang Junmin, who left the post due to reaching the mandatory retirement age.[3]

In April 2017, Gong was appointed as Governor of Shandong.[4]

On March 23, 2020, Gong was appointed as Mayor of Shanghai.[5][6]

A Hangzhou official described Gong as an "open-minded" leader who spoke English reasonably well.[5]

Gong Zheng and Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an shaking hands at the 2023 Shanghai-Taipei City Forum

On April 29, 2023, Gong led a Shanghai delegation to visit Indonesia to comprehensively promote high-level practical cooperation between Shanghai and Indonesia in accordance with the important consensus reached by President Xi Jinping and President Joko Widodo to jointly build a community with a shared future between China and Indonesia. During the visit, Gong Zheng met with Indonesian Maritime and Investment Coordinating Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Jakarta Acting Governor Heru Budi Hartono, and Yogyakarta Special Administrative Region Government Executive Secretary Wiyos Santoso attended the Shanghai-Jakarta Symposium for Overseas Investment Enterprises and witnessed the signing of the project.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 龚正 [Gong Zheng]. People's Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  2. 1 2 "Gong Zheng". China Vitae. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  3. ↑ "杭州书记龚正将调任山东省委副书记". Phoenix TV. August 10, 2015.
  4. ↑ "龚正任山东省副省长、代省长，青岛市委原书记李群任副省长". The Paper. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  5. 1 2 "龚正任上海市副市长、代理市长_浦江头条_澎湃新闻". The Paper. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  6. ↑ "Shanghai set to endorse Gong Zheng as its new mayor". 20 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "上海市市长龚正率团访问印尼，以务实合作推动"一带一路"倡议和"全球海洋支点"构想深入对接". ciie.org. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
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