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

Zhang was a representative of the17th,18th, and19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.^[2] He was a member of the 13th National Committee of theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[2]

Zhang was born inHanggin Rear Banner,Inner Mongolia, in January 1957, while hisancestral home is inMinqin County,Gansu.^[2] After resuming the college entrance examination, in 1978, he enrolled at Inner Mongolia Forestry University (nowInner Mongolia Agricultural University), where he majored in sand-control.^[2]

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 asNational 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]

On 22 January 2026, Zhang was put under investigation for alleged "serious violations of discipline and laws" by theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and theNational Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.^[5][6]

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