Zhang Zulin | |||||||
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张祖林 | |||||||
| Vice Governor of Yunnan | |||||||
| In office August 2014 – January 2018 | |||||||
| Governor | Li Jiheng Chen Hao Ruan Chengfa | ||||||
| Communist Party Secretary ofYuxi | |||||||
| In office December 2012 – September 2014 | |||||||
| Deputy | Gao Jinsong Rao Nanhu [zh] | ||||||
| Preceded by | Kong Xianggeng | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Luo Yingguang | ||||||
| Mayor ofKunming | |||||||
| In office May 2007 – December 2012 | |||||||
| Party Secretary | Qiu He Zhang Tianxin | ||||||
| Preceded by | Wang Wentao | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Li Wenrong [zh] | ||||||
| Mayor ofLijiang | |||||||
| In office June 2005 – May 2007 | |||||||
| Party Secretary | He Zixing | ||||||
| Preceded by | He Zixing | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Wang Junzheng | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | June 1959 (age 65) Zhaotong,Yunnan, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1985–2024; expelled) | ||||||
| Alma mater | Yunnan University Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Tongji University | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张祖林 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 張祖林 | ||||||
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Zhang Zulin (Chinese:张祖林; born June 1959) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career insouthwest China'sYunnan province. As of March 2023 he was under investigation by China's top graft busters.[1] Previously he served as vice governor of Yunnan.[1]
He was a delegate to the11th National People's Congress.
Zhang was born in June 1959 inZhaotong,Yunnan.[2] After theCultural Revolution, he was asent-down youth for a short time from September 1977 to February 1978.[2] After resuming the college entrance examination, in 1978, he enrolled at the Department of Physics,Yunnan University, where he majored inradio.[2]
After graduating in January 1982, he was assigned to Zhaotong TV Station for a year.[2] In March 1983, he became a reporter fromYunnan Television Station, a position he held until October 1990, when he was promoted to deputy director of the Editorial Office.[2]
Zhang joined theChinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 1985, and got involved in politics in August 1991.[2] In 1991, he became deputy magistrate ofYongren County, rising to magistrate in 1993.[2] He was vice governor ofChuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in February 1995, and held that office until June 2000.[2] He served as deputy director of Yunnan Provincial Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau in June 2000, and two years later promoted to the director position.[2] In June 2005, he was named acting mayor ofLijiang, confirmed in May 2007.[2] He was appointed mayor of Kunming in November 2007, concurrently serving asdeputy party secretary.[2] In December 2012, he was promoted toparty secretary ofYuxi.[2] It would be his first job as "first-in-charge" of a prefecture-level city.[2] He was chosen as vice governor of Yunnan in August 2014, a post he kept until January 2018.[3]
On 1 March 2024, he has come under investigation for "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.[4]Qiu He andZhang Tianxin, both were his superiors in Kunming, were sacked for graft.[5] On September 12, he was expelled from the CCP.[6]
| Government offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by He Zixing | Mayor ofLijiang 2005–2007 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Mayor of Kunming 2007–2012 | Succeeded by Li Wenrong [zh] |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Kong Xianggeng | Communist Party Secretary of Yuxi 2012–2014 | Succeeded by Luo Yingguang |