Zhang Jian (politician, born 1956)

Zhang Jian (Chinese: 张健; born March 1956) is a retired Chinese politician who served as chairman of the Xiamen Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) from 2015 to 2020. He previously served as vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial People's Congress, Party secretary of Longyan, and mayor of Sanming, Fujian Province.^[1]

Zhang Jian was born in March 1956 in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, with ancestral roots in Qixia, Shandong. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in January 1982 and began working in July 1974. He holds a university degree. From February 1982, Zhang served successively as deputy secretary and then secretary of the Communist Youth League Committee of the Chinese Department at Xiamen University. In September 1984, he joined the General Office of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee, serving as secretary at the section level, later as principal staff member and director of the Research Division of the Special Economic Zone Office of the Fujian Provincial Government.^[2]

In November 1989, he became deputy director of the Fujian Provincial Government's Special Economic Zone Office, and in March 1993, he was promoted to director of the office and a member of the Party Leadership Group of the General Office of the Provincial Government. In July 1995, Zhang was appointed deputy secretary-general of the Fujian Provincial Government, a member of the General Office's Party Leadership Group, and concurrently served as director of the Office for Opening-up (Special Economic Zone Office). In August 1998, he continued as deputy secretary-general and member of the General Office's Party group.^[3]

In July 2003, Zhang was appointed deputy Party secretary of Sanming and acting mayor, becoming mayor in February 2004. In June 2007, he was transferred to Longyan as Party secretary. In January 2012, Zhang was appointed vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial People's Congress and a member of its Party Leadership Group. From February 2015 to January 2020, he served as chairman and Party secretary of the Xiamen CPPCC.^[4]

Zhang was a delegate to the 11th National People's Congress, a member of the 8th and 9th Fujian Provincial Party Committees, a representative to the 8th, 9th, and 10th Fujian Provincial Party Congresses, a delegate to the 11th and 12th Fujian Provincial People's Congresses, and a member of the 9th and 11th Fujian Provincial CPPCC.^[5]

On January 8, 2020, during the fourth session of the 13th Xiamen CPPCC, Zhang Jian resigned from his posts as chairman and member of the committee upon reaching the mandatory retirement age.^[6]