Zhang Jinghua (; born July 1962) is a former Chinese politician who served as

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from 2017 to 2021. Zhang also has a seat on the

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provincial Standing Committee. On November 15, 2017, Zhang met with former

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i Ambassador to China,

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. On August 30, 2017, Zhang led a party and government delegation to investigate the industrial development and technological innovation of

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. In December 2016, while serving as Vice-Governor of

, Zhang visited the Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine.

Biography

Zhang was born in Tai County (now Jiangyan District),

, in July 1962. In 1981, he was accepted to

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, majoring in economic management. He joined the

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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

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, party secretary of

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, secretary-general of Jiangsu, and vice governor of Jiangsu. On 17 July 2017, he was appointed party secretary of

, capital of Jiangsu. On October 24, he was chosen as an alternate member of the

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. 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

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Downfall

On 1 December 2021, he has been placed under investigation for "serious violations of discipline and laws" by the

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(CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the

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, the highest anti-corruption agency of China. He was the fifth vice ministerial-level official in

to be targeted by anti-corruption authorities since 2008, after Wang Wulong, Yang Weize,

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, and

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References

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