1904 studied in Dongtai Senior Primary School.

19 12 is an editor in Dongtai Daily.

19 13 went down to Shanghai and worked as an apprentice in You Zheng Bookstore. Later, he was promoted to director of the publishing department.

19 14 was transferred to the editorial department of Times, where he first worked as a proofreader and assistant editor, and then he was promoted to editor until the editor-in-chief.

Pictorial Times was founded on 1920.

192 1 Shanghai Federation of Journalists was established as its president.

Since 1925, he has taught journalism in Shanghai National University, Southern University, Daxia University and Fudan University.

1927 The History of China Newspapers was published.

1927 65438+129 October, went to France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Britain, the United States, Japan and other countries as a reporter to inspect the news work.

1927 In August, at the invitation of the League of International Experts (League of Nations), he attended the meeting of international news experts held in Geneva and made a speech entitled "News Rate and News Censorship Law".

/kloc-at the end of 0/928, he served as the deputy director of the design department of Shenbao comprehensive management office.

1930, Shenbao Weekly Pictorial was founded, and it was edited by itself.

1932 After the outbreak of the "January 28th" Shanghai War, he participated in the anti-Japanese national salvation movement in Shanghai cultural circles, and jointly published "China's Declaration on Killing People for Japanese Attacks on Shanghai" with Ba Jin and Ding Ling.

At the beginning of 1932, he participated in the investigation team of the League of Nations as a reporter and went to Shanghai and Northeast China to investigate the truth of Japanese aggression. Third, enter Shenyang, visit Beidaying, where the September 18th Incident happened, and investigate first-hand materials. He was arrested by the Japanese puppet police constitution. He was released after the operation.

1in March, 933, he visited Moscow with China's ambassador to the Soviet Union Yan Huiqing. In the third year of the Soviet Union, I have been to Moscow, Leningrad, Ukraine, Caucasus and Urals. The articles written during this period were published by Zou Taofen's singles, and the series was From Northeast China to Shu Lian.

1935, Zou Taofen invited Ge to return to China, preparing to reorganize Life Daily.

193565438+1October 15 arrived in Shanghai. Soon, he was hospitalized due to physical discomfort. He was initially diagnosed with appendicitis. 654381October 22nd, his condition deteriorated and he died at the age of 45. Ge Gongzhen's sister, Ms. Ge Shaocha, said that after his death, his nails were all blue, and the surgeon was scolded by a group of patriotic students. Ge Baoquan, the nephew of Ge Gongzhen, agrees: "The cause of his death has been a mystery since his death." After being buried in Jiangwan No.1 Cemetery, the tombstone "Dongtai Ge Tomb" was inscribed by Di and Huang Yanpei.