Zhang Yi ( zh , s = ; born August 1950) is a Chinese politician. He was the Director of the

State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) is a special commission of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It was founded in 2003 through the consolidation of various other indus ...

, and the former

Party Secretary of Ningxia The secretary of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As the CCP is the sole ruling party of the People's ...

Career

Zhang Yi was born in Bei'an County,

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang is a province in northeast China. It is the northernmost and easternmost province of the country and contains China's northernmost point (in Mohe City along the Amur) and easternmost point (at the confluence of the Amur and Us ...

province. When he was 19, he began working at the forestry farm in

Huma County Huma County (; Manchu: Hūmar Siyan; ) is a county in the far north of the Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. The county seat is located on the right (southwestern) bank of the Amur River, a few kilometers upstream from the fall ...

, performing manual labour. 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 ...

in February 1972. In 1984, he became the mayor and then

Communist Party Chief A Party Committee Secretary () is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization in a province, city, village, or other administrative unit. In most cases, it is the ''de facto'' highest political office of its area of jurisdictio ...

of Tahe County,

province. In October 1990, he was promoted to party chief of Da Hinggan Ling Prefecture. In May 2001, he became a deputy party chief of Heilongjiang province. In November 2006, Zhang was transferred to

Hebei Hebei is a Provinces of China, province in North China. It is China's List of Chinese administrative divisions by population, sixth-most populous province, with a population of over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. It bor ...

province, where he remained a deputy party chief. In September 2007, he was transferred to the central government where he was a deputy secretary of 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. ...

of the Chinese Communist Party. In July 2010, Zhang was appointed Communist Party Chief of

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 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 ...

, replacing retiring

Chen Jianguo Chen Jianguo (; born July 1945) is a Chinese politician, serving since 2013 as the Chair of the National People's Congress Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee. He is the former Communist Party Chief of Ningxia Autonomous Region and Chairma ...

as the top leader of the province-level region. In August he took the additional post as Chairman of Ningxia People's Congress. He took charge of the

, succeeding

Jiang Jiemin Jiang Jiemin ( zh, c=蒋洁敏, p=Jiǎng Jiémǐn, ; born October 1954) is a former Chinese oil executive and senior Communist Party and economic official. He was the general manager and then chairman of the China National Petroleum Corporation ...

, who had been arrested on corruption charges. He served in the post for some three years, before leaving active politics in December 2016 upon reaching retirement age. He was then transferred to serve on the

National People's Congress Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee The Supervisory and Judicial Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress () is one of ten special committees of the National People's Congress, the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. History The special committe ...

. Zhang is a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

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