Gong Zheng (; born 4 March 1960) is a Chinese politician who serves as Mayor and

Deputy Communist Party Secretary In modern Chinese politics, a Deputy Party Committee Secretary (; also translated as Deputy Party Secretary, deputy party chief, vice party chief) serves as the lieutenant to the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, and thus the deput ...

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

Municipality. He was formerly Governor of

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

Province, the Party Secretary of

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, the capital of

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...

province, and before that, Vice Governor and Executive Vice Governor of Zhejiang, and deputy director of the

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. He graduated from the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE).

Life and career

Gong Zheng was born in March 1960 in

Suzhou Suzhou (; ; Suzhounese: ''sou¹ tseu¹'' , Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southern Jiangsu province, East China. Suzhou is the largest city in Jiangsu, and a major economic center and focal point of trade ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...

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

after graduation. He later furthered his studies at the School of Taxation of

Golden Gate University Golden Gate University (GGU or Golden Gate) is a private university in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1901, GGU specializes in educating professionals through its schools of law, business, taxation, and accounting. The university offers s ...

in 1987 in the United States, and returned to UIBE, earning an MBA in 1997. He also enrolled at

Xiamen University Xiamen University (; Southern Min: ''Ē-mn̂g-toā-o̍h''), colloquially known as Xia Da (; Southern Min: ''Hā-tāi''), is a national public research university in Xiamen, Fujian, China. Founded in 1921 by Tan Kah Kee, a Chinese patriotic e ...

from 2001 to 2004, obtaining a Ph.D. in Economics. Gong served as deputy director of the

Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popul ...

customs department from 1993 to 1996, and director of the

Shenzhen Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...

customs department from 2001 to 2003. In 2003, he was promoted to Deputy Director of the

. In December 2008, Gong Zheng was appointed Vice Governor of

province, and was promoted to Executive Vice Governor in June 2012. In September 2013, he became the Communist Party Chief of

, the provincial capital. 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. In April 2017, Gong was appointed as Governor of Shandong. On March 23, 2020, Gong was appointed as Mayor of Shanghai. A Hangzhou official described Gong as an "open-minded" leader who spoke English reasonably well.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gong, Zheng Living people 1960 births Mayors of Shanghai Governors of Shandong Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Political office-holders in Zhejiang Politicians from Suzhou Beijing University of International Business and Economics alumni Golden Gate University alumni Xiamen University alumni