Zhang Jinghua (Chinese: 张敬华; born July 1962) is a former Chinese politician who served as Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Nanjing from 2017 to 2021. Zhang also has a seat on the Jiangsu provincial Standing Committee.[1] On November 15, 2017, Zhang met with former Israeli Ambassador to China, Matan Vilnai.[2] On August 30, 2017, Zhang led a party and government delegation to investigate the industrial development and technological innovation of Wuxi.[3] In December 2016, while serving as Vice-Governor of Jiangsu, Zhang visited the Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine.[4]
Zhang Jinghua | |||||||
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张敬华 | |||||||
| Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Jiangsu | |||||||
| In office 19 February 2021 – 19 November 2021 | |||||||
| Party Secretary | Lou Qinjian Wu Zhenglong | ||||||
| Preceded by | Ren Zhenhe | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Zhang Yizhen | ||||||
| Communist Party Secretary of Nanjing | |||||||
| In office 17 July 2017 – 19 February 2021 | |||||||
| Deputy | Miao Ruilin Lan Shaomin Han Liming (mayor) | ||||||
| Preceded by | Wu Zhenglong | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Han Liming | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | July 1962 (age 62) Tai County, Jiangsu, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Nanjing University | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张敬华 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 張敬華 | ||||||
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Biography
editZhang was born in Tai County (now Jiangyan District), Jiangsu, in July 1962. In 1981, he was accepted to Nanjing University, majoring in economic management. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in June 1985. He worked in the Central People's Government after university in 1985.
In October 1987, he was assigned to his home-province Jiangsu, where he successively served as director of Jiangsu Provincial Department of Environmental Protection, mayor of Xuzhou, party secretary of Zhenjiang, secretary-general of Jiangsu, and vice governor of Jiangsu. On 17 July 2017, he was appointed party secretary of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu. On October 24, he was chosen as an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. On February 19, 2021, he was made deputy party secretary of Jiangsu, and held that office until November 19, when he took office as deputy party branch secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Downfall
editOn 1 December 2021, he has been placed under investigation for "serious violations of discipline and laws" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.[5] He was the fifth vice ministerial-level official in Nanjing to be targeted by anti-corruption authorities since 2008, after Wang Wulong, Yang Weize, Ji Jianye, and Miao Ruilin.[6]
References
edit- ^ Amanda. "Zhang Jinghua appointed Party chief of Nanjing - ENGLISH.JSCHINA.COM.CN". english.jschina.com.cn. Archived from the original on 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
- ^ 欢迎来到南京市政府外事办公室网站 (2017-11-24). "南京市政府外事办公室". Wb.nanjing.gov.cn. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ^ "A party and government delegation of Nanjing investigates in Wuxi". En.wuxi.gov.cn. 1997-02-26. Archived from the original on 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ^ "Vice Governor Zhang Jinghua Visiting NJUCM". Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine. Archived from the original on 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
- ^ 江苏省委原副书记张敬华接受中央纪委国家监委纪律审查和监察调查. ccdi.gov.cn (in Chinese). 1 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ Xu Wenjie (徐文傑) (2 December 2021). 首位十九屆中央候補委員落馬 張敬華予人最深印象：傳豪花6百萬為知名女DJ慶生. hkcnews.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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