In his Henan stint, COVID-19 pandemic smashed through China. In Henan, many tough and controversial measures were taken, such as using muck trucks and trenches to blockade the road with Hubei which was the centre of the pandemic, and putting up radical slogans such as "If you come back home while being infected with Covid-19, then you are a shameful descendent to your family".[5] Such measures were popular among chinese netizens on Weibo, and Geng Hong was praised as the "provincial governor you should steal from others".[6]