Gong Zheng

Gong Zheng
龚正
Gong in 2023
Mayor of Shanghai
Incumbent
Assumed office March 23, 2020
Party Secretary	Li Qiang Chen Jining
Preceded by	Ying Yong
Governor of Shandong
In office April 11, 2017 – April 17, 2020
Party Secretary	Liu Jiayi
Preceded by	Guo Shuqing
Succeeded by	Li Ganjie
Communist Party Secretary of Hangzhou
In office September 2013 – August 2015
Preceded by	Huang Kunming
Succeeded by	Zhao Yide
Personal details
Born	(1960-03-04) 4 March 1960 (age 64) Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Beijing 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 currently serving as deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Shanghai Committee and mayor of Shanghai.

Previously, Gong was governor of Shandong province, the CCP Secretary of Hangzhou, vice governor and executive vice governor of Zhejiang province, and deputy director of the General Administration of Customs.

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 Secretary 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 Governor of Shandong.^[4]

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

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

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]