年轻而居高位（有后台）的海关总署副署长龚正
编者注：龚正的老婆叫做刘茶，刘茶同父异母的哥哥是中国刚刚退休的副总理刘鹤。刘茶2022年10月8日在上海死亡。这篇《姑苏晚报》2005年5月26日的文章，也算点出了龚正的背景《苏州》。吴仪和王岐山作为副总理，都曾经主管中国和新加坡合作的苏州工业园区工作。
而今，年轻而居高位的海关总署副署长龚正，仍在依法行政，为国把关
姑苏晚报 20050526 四卷042页
■柔刚
屈指算来，开始编辑“人物版”至今正好三年半，总共出了170多期。虽说接触了那么多与苏州有关的新闻人物、公众人物和有成就的人物，然而对于一个人文荟萃、人才济济的历史文化名城来说，仅采写这些人物是远远不够的；何况还有许多远在海内外的出类拔萃的人物，以及日渐增多的出众的“新苏州人”。应该说，再多的版面和篇幅，也难以写尽姑苏的风流人物。
世上做任何事总会留下遗憾，当记者编辑也是如此。这些年作人物采访，往往被他们感动了就能很快写出专访。然而，由于多种多样的原因，即使被感动了却仍难以“交卷”，因而也就留下了遗憾。一些德高望重的艺术家，如年逾九十的书法家瓦翁，他总是说：先去写谢老和其他老人吧。世遗会期间，创作并出版“姑苏情韵系列丛书”的六位画家中，唯独少写了一位孙君良先生，同样也留下遗憾。
那次赴北京采访，使我增添了一些阅历和感悟。几位年长者皆毫无顾忌地接受采访，较为顺利。但有一位年届七旬被称为“克隆之父”的科学家，他直言相告说，正在申报“中科院院士”，待批下来再说吧。还有两位年轻有为的苏州同乡，给我留下较深的印象。一位是国防大学副校长王文龙中将，他陪我们参观了校区，还共进晚餐；然后，这位从事战略学研究的将军才坦诚相告：希望不要写我这个现役军人。而另一位便是海关总署副署长龚正。他年轻面居高位却谦虚谨慎，当时他任现职才一年多，又刚当选为世界海关组织副主席；然而，他却委婉地谢绝说，我是个刚上来的年轻干部，我所在的单位又很敏感，希望还是不写吧。
而今，思虑再三，龚正确实值得一写。
土生土长于苏州的龚正
在父母眼中，儿子再身居高位，总归还是儿子。所谓儿行千里仍离不开自己家，就是这个道理。
龚正的父母都是普通的中学教师，如今在苏州老城区安度晚年。在那个幽静的小区里，人们都称龚父为“龚老师”。我登门采访提及龚正，他父母的眼里便流露出喜滋滋的光芒来。
土生土长于苏州的龚正，从小在齐门下塘的新桥巷小学就读，学习勤奋，好学上进。毕业后，考入苏州市六中，在那里完成初中至高中的六年学业。令父母至今难忘的是，高考复习阶段，龚正挑灯夜读，因全神贯注再加时间过长，以致他所使用的那只塑料台灯的灯座全被烧光。
在龚家三兄弟中，龚正虽排行老二，但他最勤恳，办事认真，生活有序，管理家务，井井有条。龚老师笑着告诉我说，龚正报考海关管理系，这书算是读对了，他从小就会管家。
爱国家从爱父母开始。龚正对父母很孝顺，可谓无微不至。就连他编著文章所得的稿费，也要拿出一部分在回家时送给父亲。大学毕业后龚正被分配在海关总署工作，后来在北京成了家。那年父母赴北京探亲。龚正便借了辆夏利小车，尽管自己无驾驶证，但在晚上仍偷偷驾车陪父母观赏首都夜景。此事虽小，却令父母极为感动，终身难忘.
2004年，龚正参加了赴陕西拜谒黄帝陵大典后，便带着纪念物品（其中有龚氏始祖——共工像）回苏州送给父母。原来，龚乃翁姓之后，由翁分为六支之一，居中华大姓氏之99位。其实，认祖归宗也是中华民族的传统美德。
龚正跟朱镕基汇报
海关历来被称为国门，当海关关长是为国把关，极为荣耀。然而，海关关长又极难当，君不闻，全国有多少关长中箭落马、纷纷被捕?
龚正当过两回关长。第一回是天津海关副关长，第二回是深圳海关关长。当关长身处风口浪尖，高处不胜寒。故龚正的父母为此常常给他敲警钟，要儿子一定慎独自律，务必廉洁奉公。龚正当然牢记父母教诲，更不敢有违党纪国法。
还是在十多年前，龚正赴美国进修一年，虽在旧金山与洛杉矶之间奔忙，但他生活节俭，回国后将节省下的各种经费全部上缴国家。
1993年2月，时年33岁的龚正山任天津海关副关长,成为全国海关系统最年轻的局级干部。在天津海关，他认真贯彻上级精神，积累基层工作经验，得到全面的锻炼。当他离任奉调回总署时，天津市政府为褒奖他欲赠一辆轿车，但被他婉言拒绝。回京后，他所使用的座车，是他在美国经商的大哥龚圆赠送的。
龚正就任深圳海关关长前，在总署当司长。当时，署长让他跟随自己一起去向朱镕基总理汇报。为此，龚正作 了精心周到的准备。事后，龚正对人说，跟朱镕基汇报来不得半点马虎，正是本着这种极端负责的精神，他出任深圳海关关长。（编者注：1998年9月至2001年2月，龚正任海关总署政策法规司司长）
在闭关锁国年代，小小的深圳已很有名气。原因首先是中国大陆与香港仅有的两个陆路口岸都设在这里。20世纪60年代，人们从《秘密图纸》和《跟踪追击》这两部反特影片中，才知晓这里是祖国的“反帝前哨”。改革开放后，深圳成为中国第一个经济特区，其迅猛发展举世瞩目。
然而，号称“天下第一大关”——深圳海关的关长，在新千年到来之前落马被捕，且正关长空缺已一年有余。龚正就是在这样微妙的时刻被任命为深圳海关关长、党组书记的。他刚从中央党校中青年干部培训班结业，未带家属，独自一人赴深圳走马上任。
深圳海关是国家设在深圳口岸的进出关境监督管理机构，厅级建制，全关共有干部员工5000余人，设有43个处级以上机构，下辖16个隶属海关，管理着24826家企业，海、陆、空监管业务俱全。隶属海关中，有全国最大的旅检业务海关——罗湖海关，每年进出境旅客超过8000万人次。有占地面积达65万平方米、号称“亚洲第一关”的皇岗海关，每年验放进出境货柜车达700余万辆次。应该说，深圳海关是全国海关监管业务最齐全的直属海关之一。
龚正任深圳海关关长，虽仅两年多，然而他彻底改变了原来近于瘫痪的局面，带领关员们侦破了一些走私大案，培养提拔了十多名处级干部，重振了深圳海关的雄风。龚正自己喜欢唱歌，故精心组织了深圳海关纪念中国共产党诞辰80周年文艺汇演，亲自参加大合唱，大大鼓舞了士气；通过《海关群英赞》等高水准歌舞的演出，使国门风采天下扬。
龚正陪同吴仪在苏州工业园会见新加坡副总理李显龙
2003年3月21日新华网登载了国务院任免国家工作人员的消息，居首的是“任命龚正为海关总署副署长”。
报载：海关总署认为，以龚正关长为首的深圳海关原领导班子，两年来认真贯彻“依法行政，为国把关，服务经济，促进发展”的海关工作新方针，开创了业务、队伍、人文环境“三项建设”的新局面，赢得了中央、地方、企业和海关自身的“四满意”，为全国海关改革创新探索了成功经验。
确实，深圳市委、市政府也对龚正在深期间的工作相当满意，为表谢忱和心意，特派3名政府官员一路陪送龚正返回北京履新。期间，深圳市委书记是张高丽（1998年1月－2001年11月）、黄丽满（2001年11月－2005年2月），深圳市长是于幼军（2000年4月 – 2003年6月）。
2004年5月27日，在苏州工业园区开发建设十周年到来之际，龚正与商务部部长薄熙来等有关部长们，随同中共中央政治局委员、国务院副总理吴仪，在苏州会见时任新加坡共和国副总理的李显龙，共同为中新合作开发的苏州工业园区规划蓝图。晚上，吴仪副总理等还和李显龙副总理登上古色古香的游船，尽情游览了苏州环城河夜景。龚正饱览家乡的水城风貌和快速发展，无比自豪。
在此期间，海关总署副署长龚正还与江苏省、苏州市领导一起，陪同吴仪副总理一起视察了苏州工业园区海关，其工作受到肯定。（编者注：当时的江苏省委书记李源潮，江苏省省长梁保华）事后，了解龚正的吴仪副总理幽默地对他说：你们龚家三兄弟，一个叫龚正，一个叫龚平，还有一个索性叫龚开吧!顿时，引得周围的人们笑起来。
最近，在新华网上又看到：龚正副署长在扬州等地大江南北的海关检查工作，指导基层。
英文翻译
Gong Zheng, the young and high-ranking deputy director of the General Administration of Customs (backed)
Editor’s note: Gong Zheng’s wife is called Liu Cha, and Liu Cha’s half-brother is China’s recently retired Vice Prime Minister Liu He. Liu Cha died in Shanghai on October 8, 2022. This “Gusu Evening News” article on May 26, 2005 also points out Gong Zheng’s background “Suzhou”. As deputy prime ministers, Wu Yi and Wang Qishan were both in charge of the Suzhou Industrial Park, a cooperation project between China and Singapore.
Today, Gong Zheng, the young and high-ranking deputy director of the General Administration of Customs, is still administering the goods in accordance with the law and guarding the country.
Gusu Evening News 20050526 Volume 4, Page 042
■Rou Gang
Counting on my fingers, it has been exactly three and a half years since I started editing the “People Edition”, with a total of more than 170 issues published. Although I have come into contact with so many news figures, public figures and accomplished figures related to Suzhou, for a historical and cultural city with a gathering of humanities and talents, it is far from enough to just write about these figures; not to mention there are many people far away. Outstanding figures at home and abroad, as well as an increasing number of outstanding “new Suzhou people”. It should be said that no matter how much space and length there is, it is difficult to describe all the famous people in Suzhou.
There will always be regrets in anything you do in the world, and the same goes for being a reporter or editor. In these years of interviewing people, I often write exclusive interviews quickly after being moved by them. However, due to various reasons, even if I am moved, it is still difficult to “hand in the paper”, thus leaving regrets. Some highly respected artists, such as Wa Weng, a calligrapher who is over 90 years old, always say: Let’s write about Mr. Xie and other elderly people first. During the World Heritage Meeting, among the six painters who created and published the “Gusu Love Series”, only one less, Mr. Sun Junliang, was missing, which also left regrets.
That interview in Beijing gave me some additional experience and insights. Several elderly people accepted the interview without any scruples and it went relatively smoothly. However, there is a scientist who is in his seventies and is known as the “Father of Cloning”. He bluntly said that he is applying for “Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences” and will wait for approval. There were also two young and promising Suzhou compatriots who left a deep impression on me. One was Lieutenant General Wang Wenlong, vice president of the National Defense University. He accompanied us to visit the campus and had dinner with us. Then, this general who is engaged in strategic research confessed frankly: I hope you won’t write about me, an active soldier. The other one is Gong Zheng, deputy director of the General Administration of Customs. He was young and in a high position, but he was modest and prudent. At that time, he had only been in his current position for more than a year, and he had just been elected as the Vice Chairman of the World Customs Organization. However, he declined politely and said, I am a young cadre who has just come up, and my unit is different. It’s very sensitive, so I hope I won’t write it.
Now, after thinking about it again and again, Gong Zheng is indeed worth writing about.
Gong Zheng was born and raised in Suzhou
In the eyes of parents, no matter how high a son is, he is still a son. This is the saying goes that even though a child has traveled thousands of miles, he still cannot leave his home.
Gong Zheng’s parents are both ordinary middle school teachers, and now they are spending their remaining years in the old city of Suzhou. In that quiet community, people called Father Gong “Teacher Gong.” When I came to interview Gong Zheng, his parents’ eyes shone with joy.
Gong Zheng, who was born and raised in Suzhou, attended Xinqiaoxiang Primary School in Xiatang, Qimen since he was a child. He was diligent and motivated. After graduation, he was admitted to Suzhou No. 6 Middle School, where he completed six years of study from junior high school to high school. What is unforgettable to his parents is that during the review period for the college entrance examination, Gong Zheng turned up the lights and read at night. Because he was so focused and the time was so long, all the bases of the plastic desk lamp he used were burned out.
Among the three brothers of the Gong family, although Gong Zheng ranks second, he is the most diligent, conscientious in work, lives an orderly life, and manages the housework in an orderly manner. Teacher Gong told me with a smile that Gong Zheng was applying for the Department of Customs Management and he read this book correctly. He knew how to manage a house since he was a child.
Loving our country starts with loving our parents. Gong Zheng is very filial and considerate to his parents. Even part of the royalties he earned from editing articles was given to his father when he returned home. After graduating from university, Gong Zheng was assigned to work in the General Administration of Customs and later got married in Beijing. That year my parents went to Beijing to visit relatives. Gong Zheng borrowed a Xiali car. Although he did not have a driver’s license, he secretly drove the car at night to accompany his parents to watch the night view of the capital. Although this was a small incident, my parents were deeply moved and will never forget it.
In 2004, after Gong Zheng attended a ceremony to pay homage to the Yellow Emperor’s Mausoleum in Shaanxi, he returned to Suzhou with commemorative items (including a statue of Gonggong, the ancestor of the Gong family) as gifts to his parents. It turns out that Gong is the surname after Weng, and is divided into one of the six branches from Weng, ranking 99th among the major surnames in China. In fact, recognizing one’s ancestors is also a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation.
Gong Zheng reported to Zhu Rongji
Customs has always been called the country’s gate. Being the director of customs is to guard the country, which is extremely honorable. However, it is extremely difficult to be the chief of customs. If you don’t know, how many customs chiefs have been shot down and arrested one after another across the country?
Gong Zheng passed the post of chief officer twice. The first time was the deputy commissioner of Tianjin Customs, and the second time was the director of Shenzhen Customs. When the chief officer is at the forefront of the storm, it is extremely cold at high places. Therefore, Gong Zheng’s parents often sounded the alarm for him, asking their son to be cautious and self-disciplined, and to be honest and honest. Of course Gong Zheng kept his parents’ teachings in mind, and he did not dare to violate party discipline and state laws.
More than ten years ago, Gong Zheng went to the United States to study for a year. Although he traveled between San Francisco and Los Angeles, he lived frugally and handed over all the funds he saved to the country after returning home.
In February 1993, 33-year-old Gong Zhengshan was appointed deputy commissioner of Tianjin Customs, becoming the youngest bureau-level cadre in the national customs system. At Tianjin Customs, he conscientiously implemented the spirit of his superiors, accumulated grassroots work experience, and received comprehensive training. When he left office and was transferred back to the General Administration, the Tianjin Municipal Government wanted to give him a car as a reward, but he politely refused. After returning to Beijing, the car he used was a gift from his eldest brother Gong Yuan, who was doing business in the United States.
Before Gong Zheng took office as the Commissioner of Shenzhen Customs, he served as Director of the General Administration. At that time, the director asked him to follow him to report to Premier Zhu Rongji. To this end, Gong Zheng made careful and thoughtful preparations. Afterwards, Gong Zheng told people that he could not be careless in reporting to Zhu Rongji. It was in this extremely responsible spirit that he became the Commissioner of Shenzhen Customs. (Editor’s note: From September 1998 to February 2001, Gong Zheng served as Director of the Policy and Regulations Department of the General Administration of Customs)
In the era of isolation, small Shenzhen was already very famous. The first reason is that the only two land ports in mainland China and Hong Kong are located here. In the 1960s, people only learned that this place was the “anti-imperialist outpost” of the motherland from the two anti-special films “Secret Drawing” and “Pursuit”. After the reform and opening up, Shenzhen became China’s first special economic zone, and its rapid development attracted worldwide attention.
However, the director of Shenzhen Customs, known as “the world’s largest customs customs”, was dismissed and arrested before the new millennium, and the customs director has been vacant for more than a year. It was at such a delicate moment that Gong Zheng was appointed as the Commissioner of Shenzhen Customs and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group. He had just graduated from the training class for young and middle-aged cadres at the Central Party School. He went to Shenzhen alone without his family to take up his post.
Shenzhen Customs is the national customs entry and exit supervision and management agency located at the Shenzhen Port. It is organized at the department level. It has more than 5,000 cadres and employees throughout the customs. It has 43 agencies at or above the division level, 16 subordinate customs under its jurisdiction, and manages 24,826 companies. It provides maritime, land and air supervision services. Among the subordinate customs, there is Luohu Customs, the largest travel inspection customs in the country, with more than 80 million inbound and outbound passengers every year. Huanggang Customs, which covers an area of 650,000 square meters and is known as the “No. 1 Customs in Asia,” inspects and releases more than 7 million inbound and outbound container vehicles every year. It should be said that Shenzhen Customs is one of the directly-affiliated customs offices with the most comprehensive customs supervision services in the country.
Although Gong Zheng has been the director of Shenzhen Customs for only more than two years, he has completely changed the situation that was almost paralyzed. He led customs officers to detect some major smuggling cases, trained and promoted more than ten division-level cadres, and revitalized Shenzhen Customs. of glory. Gong Zheng himself likes to sing, so he carefully organized a cultural performance for Shenzhen Customs to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the birth of the Communist Party of China. He personally participated in the chorus, which greatly boosted morale. Through high-level singing and dancing performances such as “Customs Heroes”, the country’s style has become famous all over the world.
Gong Zheng accompanied Wu Yi to meet with Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Suzhou Industrial Park
On March 21, 2003, Xinhuanet published news on the appointment and dismissal of national staff by the State Council. The top one was “the appointment of Gong Zheng as deputy director of the General Administration of Customs.”
According to the newspaper: The General Administration of Customs believes that the original leadership team of Shenzhen Customs, headed by Commissioner Gong Zheng, has conscientiously implemented the new customs work policy of “administering according to law, guarding the country, serving the economy, and promoting development” in the past two years, and has created a new business and team The new situation of the “three constructions” of the humanistic environment has won the “four satisfactions” of the central government, local governments, enterprises and the customs itself, and has explored successful experiences for the national customs reform and innovation.
Indeed, the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government were also quite satisfied with Gong Zheng’s work in Shenzhen. To show their gratitude and sincerity, they sent three government officials to accompany Gong Zheng back to Beijing to take up his new post. During this period, the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee Secretaries were Zhang Gaoli (January 1998-November 2001) and Huang Liman (November 2001-February 2005), and the Mayor of Shenzhen was Yu Youjun (April 2000-June 2003). ).
On May 27, 2004, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the development and construction of the Suzhou Industrial Park, Gong Zheng, Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai and other relevant ministers, together with Wu Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, met in Suzhou with then-President Lee Hsien Loong, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, jointly planned the blueprint for the Suzhou Industrial Park jointly developed by China and Singapore. In the evening, Vice Premier Wu Yi and other officials boarded an antique cruise ship with Vice Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and enjoyed the night view of Suzhou’s Huancheng River. Gong Zheng was extremely proud of the water town scenery and rapid development of his hometown.
During this period, Gong Zheng, deputy director of the General Administration of Customs, and leaders of Jiangsu Province and Suzhou City accompanied Vice Premier Wu Yi to inspect the Suzhou Industrial Park Customs, and their work was recognized. (Editor’s note: Li Yuanchao, then Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, and Liang Baohua, Governor of Jiangsu Province) Afterwards, Vice Premier Wu Yi, who knew Gong Zheng well, said to him humorously: You have three brothers from the Gong family, one is named Gong Zheng, one is named Gong Ping, and the other is Gong Ping. Just call him Gong Kai! Suddenly, the people around him started laughing.
Recently, I saw on Xinhuanet: Deputy Director Gong Zheng is guiding grassroots customs inspection work in Yangzhou and other places across the country.