Zhang Xinfeng (; born 28 August 1952) is a Chinese police and security official, serving since 2016 as the Special Anti-terrorism Officer of the government of the People's Republic of China. Previously he served as Assistant to the Minister and Deputy Minister of Public Security.

Biography

Zhang was born in

Tieling Tieling () is one of 14 prefecture-level cities in Liaoning province of the People's Republic of China. Tieling is a city where coal mining is an important industry. Demographics As of the 2020 census, Tieling was home to 2,388,294 people, wh ...

, Liaoning in August 1952. In September 1968, Zhang was sent to

Bei'an Bei'an () is a county-level city in west-central Heilongjiang province in the People's Republic of China. It is under the jurisdiction of Heihe. Bei'an was the provincial capital of Bei'an province of Manchukuo, a puppet state set up by Japan durin ...

to work in

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after the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goa ...

was launched by

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. In March 1976, at the close of Cultural Revolution, Zhang joined the

Communist Party of China The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...

. He graduated from the

Central Party School The Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party (), commonly known as the Central Party School (), located in Beijing, is the higher education institution which trains Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cadres. As of 2012, it has around 1,6 ...

. Zhang got involved in politics in 1980. In 1990 he was promoted to become the Deputy Director of Heilongjiang Public Security Department, a position he held until 2003. In April 2003, Zhang was promoted to become the Assistant to the Minister of Public Security. In March 2005, Zhang was elevated to the Deputy Minister of Public Security. In January 2013, Zhang was elevated to head of the Anti-Terrorism Executive Commission of the

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. In January 2016, he was named Special Officer in charge of anti-terrorism (vice-minister level). His appointment was notable due to his having long passed the age of 60, the retirement age for vice-minister level officials. This 'rule-breaking' appointment was seen as an indication that anti-terrorism work was of extremely high importance to the Chinese government.

References

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