Zhang Yankun

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.
Zhang Yankun
张延昆
Chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 January 2023
Preceded byLi Xiuling [zh]
Personal details
BornJanuary 1963 (age 61–62)
Fangcheng County, Henan, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materCentral Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese张延昆
Traditional Chinese張延昆
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Yánkūsn

Zhang Yankun (Chinese: 张延昆; born January 1963) is a Chinese politician, serving as chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since January 2023.

Zhang was a representative of the 18th and 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[1][2] He is a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[3]

Career

Zhang was born in Fangcheng County, Henan, in January 1963.[4] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1985, and entered the workforce in August of the same year.[4] He worked for a long time in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in his early years.[4]

After being transferred to Beijing, Zhang was deputy party secretary of Huairou County (now Huairou District) and subsequently governor of Huairou District in May 2002.[4] He became governor of Shunyi District, in October 2006, and then party secretary, the top political position in the district, beginning in March 2009.[4] He was appointed vice mayor of Beijing in January 2013, concurrently serving as deputy secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee.[4] He rose to secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission in October 2015 and was admitted to standing committee member of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee, the province's top authority.[4] He was deputy party secretary of Beijing in November 2020, in addition to serving as president of the CCP Beijing Municipal Party School.[4] In January 2022, he was chosen as vice chairperson of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress.[5] In August 2022, he was proposed as president of the Beijing Federation of Trade Unions, succeeding Wei Xiaodong.[6]

In January 2023, Zhang assumed the position of chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the regional advisory body.[7]

References

  1. ^ 出席党的十八大代表名单（汇总）. ce.cn (in Chinese). 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  2. ^ 中国共产党第十九次全国代表大会代表名单. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). 2017-09-29. Archived from the original on 2018-01-13. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  3. ^ Xu Haizhi (徐海知) (2023-01-08). 中国人民政治协商会议第十四届全国委员会委员名单. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h 张延昆任北京市委副书记(简历). ce.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  5. ^ 张延昆、齐静当选北京市人大常委会副主任. ce.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2022-02-10. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  6. ^ 北京市总工会十四届五次全委会召开-张延昆当选市总工会主席. workercn.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2022-08-30. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  7. ^ 张延昆当选内蒙古自治区政协主席 张磊、张佰成等4人新任副主席. ce.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
Government offices
Preceded by
Dai Jingzhu
 Governor of Huairou District
2002–2006 		Succeeded by
Chi Weisheng
Preceded by
Li Ping
 Governor of Shunyi District
2006–2009 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by
Xia Zhanyi
 Communist Party Secretary of Shunyi District
2009–2013 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
2015–2020 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Specifically-designated Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Beijing
2020–2022 		Succeeded by
Civic offices
Preceded by President of the Beijing Federation of Trade Unions
2022–2023 		Succeeded by
Assembly seats
Preceded by Chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
2023–present 		Incumbent