Zhang Wufeng
Zhang Wufeng | |||||||
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张务锋 | |||||||
| Director of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration | |||||||
| In office April 2018 – June 2022 | |||||||
| Premier | Li Keqiang | ||||||
| Preceded by | Ren Zhengxiao | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Cong Liang | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | October 1960 (age 64) Laiwu County, Shandong, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Jining Business School Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张务锋 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 張務鋒 | ||||||
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Zhang Wufeng (Chinese: 张务锋; born October 1960) is a former Chinese politician who served as director of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration from 2018 to 2022. As of June 2022 he was under investigation by China's top anti-corruption agency.[1][2]
He was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress. He was a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the 19th CCP Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Biography
[edit]Zhang was born in Laiwu County (now Laiwu), Shandong, in October 1960. In February 1978, he entered Jining Business School, majoring in statistics.
After graduating in December 1979, he was assigned to the Shandong Provincial Administration for Industry and Commerce, where he eventually became its deputy director in August 2000. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1984. In December 2006, he was transferred to Linyi and appointed executive vice mayor. In January 2011, he was named acting mayor, confirmed in the following month. He became director of Shandong Development and Reform Commission in February 2013, and served until July 2015, when he was chosen as vice governor of Shandong.[3]
In February 2017, he was appointed director of the State Administration of Grain (soon was reshuffled as the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration in March 2018), and was admitted to member of the CCP National Development and Reform Commission Committee, the commission's top authority.
Downfall
[edit]On 16 June 2022, he has been placed under investigation for "serious violations of laws and regulations" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.[4][5][6]
On 30 December 2022, Wufeng was expelled from the CCP.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Orange, Wang (15 June 2022). "China food security: corruption crackdown ensnares ex-chief of state grain reserves". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ Huang, Yuxin; Wang, Xintong (15 June 2022). "Former Head of China's National Food Stockpile Falls Under Graft Probe". caixinglobal.com. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ Jiang Ziwen (蒋子文) (27 February 2017). 山东省副省长张务锋调任国家发改委党组成员、国家粮食局局长. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Former head of state reserves authority under probe". Chinadaily.com. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ 国家粮食和物资储备局原党组书记、局长张务锋接受纪律审查和监察调查. ccdi.gov.cn (in Chinese). 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "China probes former head of national reserves bureau over discipline violation". reuters.com. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ Patton, Dominique (30 December 2022). "Former head of China's reserves bureau expelled from Communist Party - anti-graft watchdog". Reuters. Retrieved 1 January 2023.