Jia Zhibang (; born November 1946) is a Chinese politician, who served between 2005 and 2012 as the Director of
State Forestry Administration
The State Forestry and Grassland Administration () is an administration of the People's Republic of China, in charge of the national forestry affairs. It was founded in 1949 as Ministry of Forestry and Farming. On November 5, 1951, it changed to ...
. He also previously held the post of Governor of
Shaanxi
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province.
Career
Born in
Wuqi,
Shaanxi Province
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, Jia graduated from
Renmin University of China
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RUC ...
, majoring in national economic management.
He joined
Communist Party of China
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in April 1962, and had served in various posts in Shaanxi for many years. In May 1993, he was promoted to the
provincial Party Standing Committee
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, and the vice governor of Shaanxi. Later, he became deputy party secretary of Shaanxi, acting governor and later governor.
In October 2004, Jia was transferred to
Beijing
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and was appointed as executive deputy
Minister of Civil Affairs (minister-rank). In December 2005, he became the director of State Forestry Administration.
On June 5, 2007,
World Wide Fund for Nature
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awarded Jia ''Outstanding Leadership Prize for Natural Protection", in recognition of efforts and achievements of State Forestry Administration of PRC on natural protection.
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In 2012, Jia retired from active politics after having reached the mandatory retirement age of 65 for minister-level officials; he then became a member of the committee on population and environment of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
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.
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Living people
1946 births
People's Republic of China politicians from Shaanxi
Politicians from Yan'an
Governors of Shaanxi
Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shaanxi
Deputy Communist Party secretaries of Shaanxi
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