Jiang Zhigang (; born August 1960) is a Chinese politician who served as

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Ningxia Ningxia, officially the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region in Northwestern China. Formerly a province, Ningxia was incorporated into Gansu in 1954 but was later separated from Gansu in 1958 and reconstituted as an autonomous ...

and

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Yinchuan Yinchuan is the capital of the Ningxia, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, and was the capital of the Tangut people, Tangut-led Western Xia, Western Xia dynasty. It has an area of and a total population of 2,859,074 according to the 2020 C ...

from 2017 to 2021. He was a representative of the

19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party 19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. It is a prime number. Mathematics Nineteen is the eighth prime number. Number theory 19 forms a twin prime with 17, a cousin prime with 23, and a sexy prime with 13 ...

and an alternate of the

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Biography

Jiang was born in

Donghai County Donghai County () is under the administration of Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China. It borders the prefecture-level cities of Linyi (Shandong) to the north and Xuzhou to the west. The county has 300 million tons of quartz and 300,000 tons of r ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

, in August 1960. After resuming the college entrance examination, in 1978, he entered

Beihang University Beihang University (BUAA; formerly as Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The univers ...

, where he majored in aerial equipment. After graduating in 1982, Jiang was despatched to Chengdu Aircraft Industry Company, eventually becoming deputy general manager in December 1992. He joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

(CCP) in August 1986. He was director of Human Resources Department of the

China Aviation Industry Corporation I China Aviation Industry Corporation I (AVIC I) was a Chinese consortium of aircraft manufacturers. The consortium was created on 1 July 1999 by splitting the state-owned consortium Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) into AVIC I and AVI ...

in September 1999 and subsequently deputy director of the 5th Bureau of Cadres of the

Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party The Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the human resource management department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that c ...

in April 2001. He was appointed deputy director of the 1st Enterprise Leadership Administration Bureau of the State owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission in May 2013, becoming deputy director of the 2nd Enterprise Leadership Administration Bureau in September 2003 and director of the 2nd Enterprise Leadership Administration Bureau in December 2003. He rose to become deputy director the State owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission in October 2011. In May 2013, he was appointed head of the Organization Department of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee and was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee, the city's top authority. He was

in April 2017, in addition to serving as president of the Party School. Two months later, he concurrently served as

Downfall

On 17 March 2023, Jiang he was put under investigation for alleged "serious violations of discipline and laws" by the

Central Commission for Discipline Inspection The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) is the highest supervisory organ of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCDI is elected and supervised by the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, CCP National Congress. ...

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

National Supervisory Commission The National Supervisory Commission is the highest supervisory and anti-corruption authority of the People's Republic of China. Formed in 2018 by an 2018 amendment to the Constitution of China, amendment to the Constitution of China, Constitut ...

, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jiang, Zhigang 1960 births Living people People from Donghai County Beihang University alumni Northwestern Polytechnical University alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu Alternates of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Standing members of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party