Jia Zhibang (; born November 1946) is a Chinese politician, who served between 2005 and 2012 as the Director of State Forestry Administration. He also previously held the post of

Governor of Shaanxi The governor of Shaanxi, officially the Governor of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government, is the head of Shaanxi Province and leader of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government. The governor is elected by the Shaanxi Provincial People's ...

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Born in Wuqi,

Shaanxi Province Shaanxi is a province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to the west. Shaanxi ...

, Jia graduated from

Renmin University of China The Renmin University of China (RUC) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. The university is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by the Ministry of Education and the Beijing Municipal People's Government. The ...

, majoring in national economic management. He joined

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 April 1962, and had served in various posts in Shaanxi for many years. In May 1993, he was promoted to the

Chinese Communist Party Provincial Standing Committee Members of the standing committees of the Chinese Communist Party provincial-level committees, commonly referred to as ''Shengwei Changwei'' (), make up the top ranks of the provincial-level organizations of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). I ...

, and the vice governor of Shaanxi. Later, he became CCP Deputy Committee Secretary of Shaanxi, acting governor and later governor. In October 2004, Jia was transferred to

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

and was appointed as executive deputy

Minister of Civil Affairs The minister of civil affairs of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the China, People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council of China, State Council. Within the State Council, the positi ...

(minister-rank). In December 2005, he became the director of State Forestry Administration. On June 5, 2007, the

World Wide Fund for Nature The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is a Swiss-based international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment. It was formerly named th ...

awarded Jia ''Outstanding Leadership Prize for Natural Protection", in recognition of efforts and achievements of State Forestry Administration of PRC on natural protection.Director of SFA Awarded Outstanding Leadership Prize for Natural Protection
xinhuanet.com'' In 2012, Jia retired from active politics after having reached the mandatory retirement age of 65 for minister-level officials; he then became a member of the committee on population and environment of the

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s United front (China), united front system. Its members adv ...

. He holds the title of economist. He was an alternative member of 14th and 15th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party, and a full member of 16th and 17th Central Committees.

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Living people 1946 births People's Republic of China politicians from Shaanxi Politicians from Yan'an Governors of Shaanxi Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shaanxi Deputy Communist Party secretaries of Shaanxi Alternates of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Alternates of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party {{china-politician-stub