Zhang Jianlong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.
Zhang Jianlong
张建龙
Director of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration
In office
June 2015 – June 2020
Preceded byZhao Shucong
Succeeded byGuan Zhi'ou
Personal details
BornJanuary 1957 (age 67–68)
Hanggin Rear Banner, Inner Mongolia, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materInner Mongolia Agricultural University
Beijing Humanities Correspondence University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese张建龙
Traditional Chinese張建龍
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Jiànlóng

Zhang Jianlong (Chinese: 张建龙; born January 1957) is a Chinese politician who served as director of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration from 2015 to 2020.[1]

Zhang was a representative of the 17th, 18th, and 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[2] He was a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[2]

Early life and education

Zhang was born in Hanggin Rear Banner, Inner Mongolia, in January 1957, while his ancestral home in Minqin County, Gansu.[2] After resuming the college entrance examination, in 1978, he enrolled at Inner Mongolia Forestry University (now Inner Mongolia Agricultural University), where he majored in sand-control.[2]

Career

After graduation in 1982, Zhang was dispatched to the "Three North" Shelterbelt Construction Bureau of the Ministry of Forestry and over a period of 12 years worked his way up to the position of director in May 1995.[2]

Zhang was transferred to the State Forestry Administration in March 1999 and appointed director of Wildlife Conservation Department, director of Wetland Compliance Office, director of Wildlife Conservation and Nature Reserve Construction Project Management Office, and then director of the Science and Technology Department.[2] In October 2003, he became deputy director of the State Forestry Administration (was reshuffled as National Forestry and Grassland Administration in March 2018), rising to director in June 2015.[2][3][4] He also served as commander in chief of the National Forest Fire Prevention Command.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Ministers meet the media (IV Part 1): Highlights". China Daily. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h 国家林业和草原局局长、副局长、党组成员名单和简历. sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 11 April 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  3. ^ 张建龙任国家林业局局长 赵树丛不再担任. People's Daily (in Chinese). 16 July 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  4. ^ Li Hongyang (12 March 2019). "National parks to be better protected, forestry chief says". China Daily. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
Government offices
Preceded by Director of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration
2015–2020 		Succeeded by
Commander in Chief of the National Forest Fire Prevention Command
2016– 		Succeeded by