Zhang Yi (; born August 1950) is a Chinese politician. He was the Director of the

State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) is a special commission of the People's Republic of China, directly under the State Council. It was founded in 2003 through the consolidation of variou ...

, and the former

Communist Party Secretary A Party Committee Secretary () is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization in a province, city, village, or other administrative unit. In most cases, it is the ''de facto'' highest political office of its area of jurisdictio ...

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Ningxia (,; , ; alternately romanized as Ninghsia), officially the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR), is an autonomous region in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. Formerly a province, Ningxia was incorporated into Gansu in 1 ...

Career

Zhang Yi was born in Bei'an County,

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...

province. When he was 19, he began working at the forestry farm in

Huma County Huma County (; Manchu: Hūmar Siyan; russian: Кумары) is a county in the far north of the Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. The county seat is located on the right (southwestern) bank of the Amur River, a few kilometers ...

, performing manual labour. He joined the

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

in February 1972. In 1984, he became the mayor and then

Communist Party Chief A Party Committee Secretary () is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization in a province, city, village, or other administrative unit. In most cases, it is the ''de facto'' highest political office of its area of jurisdictio ...

Tahe County Tahe () is a county in the far north of Heilongjiang province, and is the northernmost Chinese county. It is under the jurisdiction of Daxing'anling Prefecture. Administrative divisions Tahe County is divided into 4 towns, 2 townships and 1 eth ...

province. In October 1990, he was promoted to party chief of

Da Hinggan Ling Prefecture Daxing'anling Prefecture (), also known as Da Hinggan Ling Prefecture, is the northernmost Chinese prefecture-level division, located in northwestern Heilongjiang Province. It covers and has a population of 520,000, as of 2004. It is named after ...

. In May 2001, he became a deputy party chief of Heilongjiang province. In November 2006, Zhang was transferred to

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...

province, where he remained a deputy party chief. In September 2007, he was transferred to the central government where he was a deputy secretary of the

Central Commission for Discipline Inspection The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) is the highest internal control institution of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), tasked with enforcing internal rules and regulations and combating corruption and malfeasance in the par ...

of the Chinese Communist Party. In July 2010, Zhang was appointed Communist Party Chief of

, replacing retiring

Chen Jianguo Chen Jianguo (; born July 1945) is a Chinese politician, serving since 2013 as the Chair of the National People's Congress Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee. He is the former Communist Party Chief of Ningxia Autonomous Region and Chairma ...

as the top leader of the province-level region. In August he took the additional post as Chairman of Ningxia People's Congress. He took charge of the

, succeeding

Jiang Jiemin Jiang Jiemin (, ; born October 1954) is a former Chinese oil executive and senior Communist Party and economic official. He was the general manager and then chairman of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), before being appointed the di ...

, who had been arrested on corruption charges. He served in the post for some three years, before leaving active politics in December 2016 upon reaching retirement age. He was then transferred to serve on the

National People's Congress Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee The National People's Congress Supervisory and Judicial Affairs Committee () is one of ten special committees of the National People's Congress, the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. The special committee was created during ...

. Zhang is a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

References

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