Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006
Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005
Zhongguo Gongchandang Lijie Zhongyang Weiyuan Dacidian, 1921-2003
Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi chubanshe 2004
Biography Revised: 9/8/2006
Career Data Updated: 7/10/2007
Biography
Zhang Zhijian, male, Han nationality, is a native of Wenxi, Shanxi Province. He was born in 1934 and joined the PLA in 1951. Five years later in 1956, he became a member of the CPC.
Zhang received many of his early leadership positions with the PLA Jinan Military Region. Joining the command as a staff officer, he eventually went on to assume division chief, deputy army chief of staff, division commander, and army commander responsibilities with the PLA Jinan Military Region. From 1985 to 1992, he served as the deputy commander of the military region.
In 1992, Zhang became the deputy commander of the PLA Beijing Military Region as well as the commander of the Beijing Garrison. He then served as the political commissar of the PLA Chengdu Military Region.
He was promoted to major general in 1988 and then to lieutenant general two year later. In 1998, he was granted the rank of general.
Zhang is currently a Vice-Chairman of the NPC Committee for Internal and Judicial Affairs.
