At the end of 2021, Gong Jianhua, who had worked in Jiangxi for many years, fell.
In Jiangxi's political and business circles, the alumni circle of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics is a prominent presence. Dozens of senior provincial and ministerial officials have emerged from the school, as well as many successful entrepreneurs and departmental officials.
Among the many alumni circles, the class of 1983 is a golden generation. In that year, students came from all over Jiangxi to the campus on the shore of Qingshan Lake in Nanchang. At that time, the school was called Jiangxi Institute of Finance and Economics, and it had just been reopened in 1978.
Several "iconic figures" in the alumni circle of Jiangxi University of Finance and Finance are from the class of 1983. For example, a well-known entrepreneur, sitting on a number of listed companies, has been rated as the richest man in Jiangxi for many years; for example, Lai Xiaomin, who has become the "number one" of financial central enterprises, is the highest position among alumni who are deeply engaged in the field of finance and economics; for example, Gong Jianhua, although there are many high-ranking officials at the ministerial level among the alumni of Jiangxi University of Finance, is serving in other places, and the highest official position in the Jiangxi official field is Gong Jianhua, who has been ranked among the standing committee of the provincial party committee.
The 1983 alumni of Jiangxi University of Finance, known as the golden generation, did not go well in 2021. First, at the beginning of the year, Lai Xiaomin, who had been deposed for more than two years, was executed because of the huge amount of corruption. At the end of the year, Gong Jianhua, who had worked in Jiangxi politics for many years, fell from power. Gan Rongkun, former member of the Standing Committee of the Henan Provincial CPC Committee and former secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, who was prosecuted today, is also a native of Jiangxi and a graduate of Jiangxi University of Finance and Finance in 1983.
Denouncing some people as villains
In the eyes of many people, gong Jianhua is naturally a person with a story who can become an indicator figure among the class of 1983 alumni. Born in 1962 in Nanchang, he graduated from Jiangxi University of Finance and Finance in 1983 and entered the Rural Policy Research Office of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee, after which he worked here for 17 years, and in 1996 he was promoted to deputy director of the provincial agricultural office and became a deputy department-level official. Gong Jianhua was 34 years old when he was promoted to deputy director.
According to a Jiangxi official, there were several main reasons for Gong Jianhua's youthful ambitions: First, he came from a cadre family, which was of great help to his early career; second, he himself had good ability, and he was a well-known pen holder in the Rural Work Department of the Provincial CPC Committee for many years; third, the "number one" who was in charge of Jiangxi at that time was himself a farmer who grew up in the agricultural system and was called an expert on agricultural issues, which allowed Gong Jianhua to enter the high-level vision early.
Soon after Gong Jianhua became deputy director of the provincial agricultural office, some leaders said that others were young and could go to the Provincial Youth League Committee to become secretaries. But he politely refused the leader's kindness and chose to go to Nanchang to be the vice mayor. Gong Jianhua's statement to the outside world is that he has been writing materials and doing research in the organs, hoping to go to the front line to engage in practical work, and as for the issue of level, he has not considered too much. For Gong Jianhua's choice, some people say that he is open-minded and ambitious, and some people say that he has a torch-like vision and shrewd calculations.
After two years as vice mayor of Nanchang, Gong Jianhua entered the standing committee of the municipal party committee, serving as the standing committee member of the municipal party committee, the secretary of the political and legal committee, and at the same time, he was also the leader of the city's industrial leading group. "At that time, Gong Jianhua spent seventy percent of his time on industry, and the work of the Political and Legal Committee was only taken into account." Introduced by a Nanchang official.
Soon after taking charge of industry, Nanchang's industrial field caught up with a major event - the change of coach of Jiangling Group, which is known as the industrial leader of the province. At that time, Jiangling Group was the largest manufacturing enterprise in Jiangxi, and its leader had been in charge of the enterprise Shuaiyin for 25 years, and was a well-known and highly characterful entrepreneur, who single-handedly created the glory of Jiangling Group, and said that "many people hate me and hate my teeth.". The entrepreneur once said publicly: "If you ask the government for everything, it is the business leaders who are not responsible." I just don't like to bother with leaders. According to a local person, the entrepreneur has a strong style, although the organizational relationship is in Nanchang City, but in addition to the main leaders of the province, other people's greetings are not very listening. When Gong Jianhua was in charge of Nanchang Industry, in front of this entrepreneur, not only could he not find the leader's style, but many times he was able to think of himself as a junior.
The entrepreneur, who had reached retirement age, was sent to Jiangling Group to serve as party secretary and preside over the overall work. At that time, in the official arena and within the enterprise, some people had opinions about the retired former leaders, even wrote letters of complaint, and some people hoped to get Gong Jianhua's support. At this sensitive moment, Gong Jianhua clearly stated that the old leaders are the heroes of the enterprise, and even denounced some people as villains, asking them not to provoke the relationship between the previous and subsequent leaders.
A Jiangxi official said: "Gong Jianhua's eventual downfall shows that he has made a big loss, but over the years he has created an image of being kind to people and being quite generous in the official field." Many people who have intersected with Gong Jianhua said that Gong does not turn over old accounts, but he is more nostalgic for the past.
Gong Jianhua worked in Nanchang for many years, and later went to other places to serve, and after being promoted to the standing committee of the provincial party committee, he returned to Nanchang as a "number one". When he was investigating in the district and county, he learned that a retired veteran leader in Nanchang was exerting his residual heat and devoting himself to the construction of new rural areas, so he took the initiative to visit. Speaking to the county party leaders who came with him, Gong Jianhua said: "He is not only your old leader, but also my old leader." You should pay more attention to helping the old leaders, and whoever wants to say any gossip, you will push me. ”
In the alumni circle, Gong Jianhua also appeared as the image of big brother. According to reports, Gong Jianhua and Lai Xiaomin knew each other when they were in college, and the relationship was not very familiar, but they had a common friend, who was also an alumnus of the class of 1983, and Gong Jianhua was a department, and Lai Xiaomin was a fellow countryman. Later, this person followed Lai Xiaomin and became a billionaire, and his company was listed in Hong Kong. After Lai Xiaomin was investigated, this person disappeared for nearly half a year, and his business plummeted, and he was even forced into debt.
During the Spring Festival in 2021, when the man returned to Nanchang, Gong Jianhua warmly received him and helped him coordinate some business projects in Jiangxi. However, at this time, Gong Jianhua had withdrawn from the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee for several years, his influence was not as good as before, and the coordination was not smooth.
Look for opportunities to get close to Su Rong
Gong Jianhua led the Jiangling Group through a special period, and accumulated energy for his further leap in the political arena.
In the 10 months that Gong Jianhua has presided over the work of Jiangling Group, he has faced a very important choice. At this time, some people advocated that he leave as soon as possible after "gilding", and some people suggested that he stay for a long time.
In the end, Gong Jianhua chose to leave the enterprise and continue to cultivate the official field.
After leaving Jiangling Group, Gong Jianhua continued to drive on the Fast Track. At the age of 42, he was promoted to deputy secretary of the Nanchang Municipal Party Committee and executive vice mayor, and at the age of 44, he became the mayor of Yichun City at the level of the main hall. To this day, a politician in Jiangxi still sighs: "Gong Jianhua has gone too smoothly and has been creating records all the way." At the age of 34, he was promoted to deputy director, the youngest official in the province, and at the age of 44, he became the youngest mayor of a prefecture-level city in the province. ”
Combing Through Gong Jianhua's resume, it can be seen that in the process of his way through the prefecture and growing into a vice-provincial high-ranking official, each post can be promoted after almost only two years. The only exception is when he was mayor of Yichun, where he worked for 5 years. In particular, in 2008, the position of municipal party secretary was vacant, and Gong Jianhua, who had been mayor for two years, failed to take over the baton as desired.
According to a person familiar with the matter, Gong Jianhua is a key cadre cultivated in the province, and his failure to take over as the secretary of the municipal party committee has surprised the outside world. However, in the Jiangxi official field that year, there were many unexpected personnel adjustments. "A year before, Su Rong began to rule Jiangxi, and his power and money exchange quickly 'opened its doors'. Some of those who joined the power and money exchange were overjoyed, while others had to become spectators. ”
Gong Jianhua failed to withstand the test and instead went astray. After his promotion to secretary of the municipal party committee failed, he began to look for every opportunity to get close to the Su Rong family.
According to a person familiar with the matter, like many Jiangxi officials, Gong Jianhua also sent money and goods to Su Rong and his wife, and also facilitated Su Rong's son's business. In return, Gong Jianhua was transferred to the secretary of the Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee in 2011 and became a "top leader". Before Su Rong left Jiangxi in 2013, he also identified Gong Jianhua as a candidate for the inspection of deputy provincial cadres.
At the end of 2014, Gong Jianhua joined the standing committee of the provincial party committee, and at the same time served as the secretary general of the provincial party committee, and a few months later, he was transferred to the secretary of the Nanchang municipal party committee.
However, Success is also Su Rong, and defeat is also Su Rong. In 2014, Su Rong fell from power, triggering a series of shocks in the Jiangxi officialdom. Gong Jianhua, who had been promoted to the standing committee of the provincial party committee, was quickly affected. After only one and a half years as secretary of the Nanchang Municipal Party Committee, Gong Jianhua was suddenly transferred away and at the same time withdrew from the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and became vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress.
When Gong Jianhua went to the National People's Congress to serve, he was 55 years old, and the outside world was very surprised. Since then, some official figures have received accurate information that Gong Jianhua was not only relieved of his important leadership position but also punished because he was involved in Su Rong's case.
Whoever comes to give money must be the one who collects money
In 2015, Gong Jianhua went to Nanchang Municipal Party Committee secretary. Soon after taking office, local media reported that Gong Jianhua did not say hello, and the light car Jane used his mobile phone to navigate the city to secretly visit. In response to this news, Gong Jianhua also joked afterwards: "The driver who uses the mobile phone to navigate, I am a Nanchang native, and I have worked in Nanchang for many years, and I don't need navigation." ”
In public, Gong Jianhua also proposed that Nanchang, as the provincial capital, should have a sense of crisis. He also laid out a set of data: "Industrial electricity consumption has lagged behind Yichun and Jiujiang for many years, and was surpassed by Ganzhou last year; the proportion of industrial investment is also much lower than that of Jiujiang; the comprehensive score of social governance ability is the second to last in the province; the public sense of security ranks last in the province for four consecutive years..." As a "number one", he dared to face the problem head-on, making many people feel that Gong Jianhua wanted to be an official.
However, on the other hand, when Gong Jianhua went to office, all levels were working hard to eliminate Su Rong's residual poison, and Gong Jianhua could not avoid being frightened. Perhaps it was in this contradictory mentality that Gong Jianhua uttered the words that caused controversy from the outside world: "The inferior's bad words are the manifestation of incompetence, and the inferior's bad words about the superiors are the manifestations of immorality." A local person said that looking back now, this statement may have the meaning of excusing himself, indicating that he could not help but get on the thief's boat.
After Gong Jianhua took office at the provincial people's congress, rumors about his accidents would flow out every once in a while. Gong Jianhua always strives to appear in various public places to prove that he is still "safe".
However, how can true peace temporarily cling to the Buddha's feet? In recent years, Jiangxi has investigated and dealt with a number of corruption cases, including the Yan Ganhui case and the Xiao Yi case.
Yan Ganhui is also an alumnus of Jiangxi University of Finance and served as the secretary of the Yichun Municipal Party Committee, and fell from power in 2020. After Yan Ganhui was investigated, many people fell from the Yichun official field one after another. Xiao Yi succeeded Gong Jianhua as secretary of the Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee in 2015, and stepped down five months after stepping down as secretary of the fuzhou municipal party committee in 2021. Xiao Yi's case was a big shock in the Fuzhou officialdom, and a number of local officials have recently been investigated.
Yichun and Fuzhou are where Gong Jianhua worked, and some of the officials who have recently fallen from power have been promoted under him.
In addition, Zhong Yimin, secretary of the Jinxian County Party Committee of Nanchang City, and Li Yunfeng, chairman of the Nanchang Rail Transit Group, have also fallen. According to Nanchang officials, the two had a good relationship with Gong Jianhua and received a key job readjustment when Gong Jianhua was in charge of Nanchang. During his tenure as secretary of the Nanchang Municipal Party Committee, Gong Jianhua promoted Zhong Yimin from county governor to secretary of the county party committee, and Li Yunfeng was formerly the mayor of Donghu District, because his involvement in the corruption case was precarious, Gong Jianhua exerted influence and made Li Yunfeng the chairman of the state-owned enterprise.
According to an informed source, the direct trigger for Gong Jianhua's downfall was that among the officials who fell from power in Nanchang, Fuzhou, Yichun, and other places, some of them confessed to gong about bribing gong and buying officials. In addition, after Gong Jianhua's downfall, all localities have received requests from their superiors to conduct an inventory of the illegal personnel transfers involved in Gong Jianhua's appointment.
On November 23, 2021, the Jiangxi Provincial Party Congress was held, and Gong Jianhua attended the opening ceremony. During the group discussion, Gong Jianhua left the hotel station. In the relevant reports on the closing of the meeting, Gong Jianhua's name was no longer seen, and a few days later, the news came that he had voluntarily surrendered.
Gong Jianhua once said in public: "Those who come to send money must be people who collect money, those who are non-people must be non-people, and those who come to climb relations must be speculators." This sentence was finally fulfilled in himself. Because he sent money to Su Rong, he encountered a turning point in his career, and finally fell off because of his own wealth.