Gong Jianhua (Chinese: 龚建华; born June 1962) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in his home-province Jiangxi. He surrendered himself to and is cooperating with the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) and National Supervisory Commission for investigation of "suspected violations of disciplines and laws" on 29 November 2021.[1] Previously he served as vice chairman of the Standing Committee of Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress.[2] Gong is the fourth vice-provincial level official in Jiangxi to be targeted by China's top anticorruption watchdog since the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, behind Li Yihuang, Shi Wenqing and Xiao Yi.[3]

Gong Jianhua
龚建华
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress
In office
January 2017 – November 2021
ChairmanLu Xinshe
Liu Qi
Communist Party Secretary of Nanchang
In office
March 2015 – November 2016
DeputyGuo An (mayor)
Preceded byWang Wentao
Succeeded byYin Meigen
Secretary-General of CCP Jiangxi Provincial Committee
In office
October 2014 – March 2015
Party SecretaryQiang Wei
Preceded byZhao Zhiyong
Succeeded byZhu Hong [zh]
Communist Party Secretary of Fuzhou
In office
August 2011 – October 2014
DeputyZhang Heping (mayor)
Preceded byGan Liangmiao [zh]
Succeeded byXiao Yi
Mayor of Yichun
In office
November 2006 – August 2011
Party SecretarySong Chenguang [zh]
Xie Yisen [zh]
Preceded byYang Xianping [zh]
Succeeded byJiang Bin
Communist Party Secretary of Jiangling Motors
In office
June 2003 – February 2004
Preceded bySun Min
Succeeded byJiang Linsheng
Personal details
BornJune 1962 (age 62)
Nanchang County, Jiangxi, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materJiangxi University of Finance and Economics
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGōng Jiànhuá

Early life and education

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Gong was born in Nanchang County, Jiangxi, in June 1962. After resuming the college entrance examination in 1979, he was admitted to Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, majoring in economics.

Career

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Gong worked in government after university in 1983, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October 1984. After working in the Rural Work Department of CCP Jiangxi Provincial Committee and the Jiangxi Provincial Agriculture and Rural Development Department for 17 years, he was elevated to vice mayor of Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi. In December 2002, he was appointed secretary of Nanchang Municipal Political and Legal Affairs Commission, concurrently serving as deputy party secretary of Nanchang and party secretary of Jiangling Motors since January 2004. In January 2006, he was named acting mayor of Yichun, replacing Yang Xianping [zh]. He was installed as mayor the next month. In August 2011, he was promoted to become party secretary of Fuzhou, and served until October 2014, when he was transferred back to Nanchang as secretary-general of CCP Jiangxi Provincial Committee. His predecessor Zhao Zhiyong was probed on suspicion of "serious violations of laws and regulations" on June 3. He was appointed party secretary of Nanchang in March 2015 and was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Jiangxi Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.[4] In January 2017, he took office as vice chairman of the Standing Committee of Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress, and held that office until 29 November 2021, when he handed himself in to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.[5] His colleague Shi Wenqing, also vice chairman of the Standing Committee of Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress, had been placed under investigation in September 2020.[6] His successor Xiao Yi was put under investigation in May 2021.[7]

He was a delegate to the 11th National People's Congress.

References

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  1. ^ "Senior Jiangxi provincial legislator under probe". news.cn. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  2. ^ 周萌、朱虹任江西省人大常委会党组副书记,龚建华任党组成员. thepaper (in Chinese). 4 February 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  3. ^ Liu Guangbo (刘光博) (29 November 2021). 十九大后江西第四“虎”龚建华被查 曾任南昌市委书记. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  4. ^ Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (16 November 2016). 尹建业、殷美根、陈兴超、刘捷、赵力平新任江西省委常委 朱虹等5人卸任. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  5. ^ 江西省人大常委会副主任龚建华接受中央纪委国家监委审查调查. ccdi.gov.cn (in Chinese). 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Former Jiangxi provincial legislator under investigation". xinhuanet.com. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Senior political advisor of east China province under probe". xinhuanet.com. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Sun Min (孙敏)
Communist Party Secretary of Jiangling Motors
2003–2004
Succeeded by
Jiang Linsheng (蒋林生)
Preceded by Communist Party Secretary of Fuzhou
2011–2014
Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary-General of CCP Jiangxi Provincial Committee
2014–2015
Succeeded by
Preceded by Communist Party Secretary of Nanchang
2015–2016
Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Mayor of Yichun
2006–2011
Succeeded by
Jiang Bin (蒋斌)