Recently, many industry leaders have passed away suddenly, including elites in the science and technology industry, celebrities in the entertainment industry, and business executives and senior government leaders.
On May 14, news broke on the Internet that Gao Hongbin, former member of the party group and vice minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, and honorary president of the China Dairy Association, passed away at the age of 72. The news was quickly reprinted and reported by many media, and many netizens had mixed feelings and mixed feelings after learning the news.
It is reported that Gao Hongbin died on the afternoon of May 10, and just two days after the incident, the China Dairy Association specially issued an obituary, announcing the news of Gao Hongbin's death, confirming that he died in Beijing at 17:06 on May 10.
The obituary described Gao Hongbin as an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China and a time-tested and loyal communist fighter, and recalled Gao Hongbin's main service experience during his lifetime, saying that he died due to ineffective medical treatment.
However, after the news of Gao Hongbin's death was revealed, netizens felt incredible. Because, at the age of 72, even ordinary people, it is not considered a high life. As a ministerial-level high-ranking cadre, Gao Hongbin enjoys high-level medical treatment conditions, and his body will also undergo strict health examinations on a regular basis, so it is unlikely that there will be a sudden accident.
Some careful netizens found that Gao Hongbin's last public appearance was on January 19, 2024, on the same day, the sixth meeting of the seventh council of the China Dairy Association was held in Beijing.
Judging from the scene pictures exposed at the time, although Gao Hongbin's mental state is good, he is very thin, and he looks eighty or ninety years old, which is not at all like the state that a person in his 70s should have.
According to insiders, Gao Hongbin's physical condition has not been very good, and he suffered from illness earlier, but he has not completely retired, and often participates in various public activities.
After the news of Gao Hongbin's death was exposed, netizens had mixed reviews of him, as a former vice minister of agriculture, and even an important official in charge of food quality and safety, many of his remarks about milk and China's food safety during his lifetime were controversial.
For example, after a well-known brand of milk in China was rumored to have excessive Aspergillus flavus, Gao Hongbin said that these rumors would ruin China's dairy industry, and said that it caused cancer, so you have to eat a few tons and eat it for a few years to cause cancer!
In 2018, Gao Hongbin said in public that it is currently the best historical period for the quality and safety of China's dairy products. The pass rate of fresh milk testing in mainland China is 99.8%, and the pass rate of milk protein and milk fat sampling in fresh milk is 99.2%, ranking first in the global food industry.
Regarding the problem of clenbuterol in China's food safety, he once said that there was a problem with a few people and individual fields, and it was so hyped that it seemed that none of them could be eaten.
During Gao Hongbin's tenure as vice minister of agriculture, he once publicly stated that China's current pass rate of pesticide residue testing for vegetables has reached more than 94%, and the pass rate of the main testing indicators of livestock products and aquatic products has remained above 97% for three consecutive years, higher than that of the United States and Europe, ranking first in the world. Gao Hongbin said that China's agricultural products are generally safe and secure, and there are no safety problems.
According to the information obtained by public inquiry, Gao Hongbin was born in May 1953, graduated from Capital Normal University with a master's degree, and is a senior economist. Since the early 80s of the last century, Gao Hongbin has been engaged in agricultural and rural economic policy research, and has been engaged in national poverty alleviation and development work for a long time, and has served as deputy director and deputy secretary of the party group of the Office of the State Council Leading Group for Poverty Alleviation and Development.
From July 2007 to July 2013, Gao Hongbin served as a member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture; Later, he served as the president of the China Feed Industry Association and the honorary president of the China Dairy Association.