Gong Zheng

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Gong.
Gong Zheng
龚正
Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Shandong
Assumed office
August 2015
Preceded by Wang Junmin
Communist Party Secretary of Hangzhou
In office
September 2013  August 2015
Preceded by Huang Kunming
Succeeded by Zhao Yide
Personal details
Born March 1960 (age 56)
Suzhou, Jiangsu
Political party Communist Party of China
Alma mater Beijing University of International Business and Economics
Golden Gate University
Xiamen University

Gong Zheng (Chinese: ; pinyin: Gōng Zhèng; born March 1960) is a Chinese politician who serves as Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Shandong Province. He was formerly Party 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]

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]

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.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Huang Kunming
Communist Party Chief of Hangzhou
2013 – 2015
Succeeded by
Zhao Yide
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