In July of 1955, Xu Zongheng was born in an ordinary railway worker's family in Hehuaping, Zhuhui District, Hengyang City, and then moved to No.199, Hengjili, a family member of Hengyang Railway Bureau.

Xu Zongheng's father is a worker in the railway maintenance factory of Hengyang Railway Bureau, and his mother is a staff member of Hengjili neighborhood committee.

According to Xu Zongheng's matriarchal relatives, Xu Zongheng is the only boy in the family, ranking fourth, with three sisters in the upper class and one sister in the lower class.

Xu Zongheng has always been a top student in her class since she was a child, and has been rated as a "three-good student" every year.

In p>1972, Xu Zongheng and Chao-hua Li were sent to Baogai Township, Hengnan County, Hengyang City as "educated youth". Here, Xu Zongheng's eloquence is well exercised. Sometimes, he gives a speech in front of more than 111 people in the farm class in Baogai Town, Hengnan County. With body language, Li Chaohua below can feel "very excited" every time.

Xu Zongheng quickly emerged among the "educated youth" and eventually became the only "educated youth" who joined the Party on the farm at that time.

opportunity beckoned to him.

in p>1974, under the recommendation of Baogai Town Farm, Xu Zongheng entered the then Hunan Communications School (now Hunan Communications Vocational and Technical College) to study automobile. In August 1976, Xu Zongheng graduated from Hunan Communications School and was assigned to Hengyang Auto Repair Factory as a technician at the age of 21.

However, in the technical department of the garage, fate gave Xu Zongheng a chance to enter the official career.

At that time, a leader of Hunan Economic Commission went to Hengyang Automobile Maintenance Factory to "promote industrial learning in Daqing" and when selecting a team, he asked Hengyang Automobile Maintenance Factory to recommend young people. At that time, the director of the "Revolutionary Committee" of the garage recommended Xu Zongheng, a technical secondary school student who had not graduated for a long time.

At this time, Hengyang Economic Commission is also organizing the "Industrial Learning Daqing" team, drawing staff from Hengyang Labor Bureau, Hengyang Public Security Bureau and other departments. Most of them are elderly people, but there are basically no middle-aged people. Xu Zongheng just met the requirements, so he was seconded to Hengyang Economic Commission.

After more than one year's secondment, Xu Zongheng joined the organization department of Hengyang Municipal Committee with his boss at that time, a leader of Hengyang Municipal Economic Commission.

A leader of Hengyang Economic Commission was later transferred to the organization department of Hengyang Municipal Committee as a deputy minister, and his subordinate Xu Zongheng was transferred to the organization department as a clerk.

In the next 24 years, Xu Zongheng worked in the organizational system for nearly 18 years, until he became the executive vice mayor and mayor of Shenzhen. After entering the organization department of Hengyang Municipal Committee, Xu Zongheng became a "prosperous official".

Xu Zongheng was an ordinary officer in the organization department of Hengyang Municipal Committee, and worked all the way to be the deputy director of the organization department of Hengyang Municipal Committee.

Ying Shan, then executive vice minister of the organization department of Hengyang Municipal Committee, began to select new vice ministers before his retirement. Ying Shanhong recommended Xu Zongheng to take over as his deputy minister.

Later, another leader of Hengyang recommended Xu Zongheng to the Organization Department of Hunan Provincial Party Committee to take over the post of Organization Department Minister of Hengyang Municipal Committee. Although there were voices of opposition at that time, Xu Zongheng eventually became the director of the organization department of Hengyang Municipal Committee, the member of the Standing Committee of Hengyang Municipal Committee and the director of the organization department of Hengyang Municipal Committee, which once caused quite a shock in Hengyang officialdom-at the age of 35, he became the youngest CPC leader in Hunan Province. Xu Zongheng was successful in Hengyang, and his career was infinite. Why did he suddenly go south to Shenzhen in 1993? What makes people more suspicious is that the position of the Standing Committee of Hengyang Municipal Committee and the Organization Minister of Hengyang Municipal Committee is a real position at the CPC level, while the subsequent Director of the Cadre Training Division of the Organization Department of Shenzhen Municipal Committee is only at the department level, which is equivalent to demotion.

Xu Zongheng's choice to leave Hengyang may be related to three reasons: First, he offended many people in the arrangement of leading cadres; The second is that he is too young, too junior and dissatisfied; Third, the campaign for executive deputy mayor was frustrated.

At that time, the merger of Hengyang prefecture and city, and the merger of two teams involved a large number of personnel arrangements, and the organization department of Hengyang Municipal Committee became the key department of personnel arrangements. An old colleague asked him to arrange personnel, but he didn't help, so he offended many people, and they felt uncomfortable. Xu Zongheng also felt uncomfortable staying in Hengyang.

Later, the Hengyang Municipal People's Government elected the executive vice mayor, but Xu Zongheng was not nominated by the Hengyang Municipal Committee. Without nomination, he went to the activity himself and wanted to be a vice mayor. As a result, he was criticized. It was a violation of party discipline for Hengyang Municipal Committee not to nominate himself to do it.

The key event that prompted Xu Zongheng to go south: After the change of leadership in Hengyang, the superior wanted to send "too ostentatious" Xu Zongheng to a county as the county party secretary, but Xu Zongheng didn't want to go. The original statement is that if you want to be promoted, you must first put it in the county to exercise.

Xu Zongheng's career in Hengyang was blocked. Made him very lonely. Later, a leader recommended me to go to Shenzhen.

In the severe winter of p>1993, Xu Zongheng came to Shenzhen as the director of the cadre training department of the Organization Department of Shenzhen Municipal Committee, which turned a new page in his official career.

In p>2115, Xu Zongheng became the mayor of Shenzhen Municipal People's Government.