Compiled from the following sources:
Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006
Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005
People's Daily Online
Government of the People's Republic of China
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 4/23/2013
Career Data Updated: 3/7/2018
Zhang Zhijun 张志军
Executive Vice-Minster, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Director, Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council
Born: 1953
Birthplace: Jiangsu Province, Nantong City
Biography
Zhang Zhijun, male, Han nationality, is a native of Nantong, Jiangsu province. He was born in 1953, and graduated from university. Zhang began as chief of the research office of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee in 1975. He served as director-general there until 1996, and was elected deputy director in 2001. In 2010, he became Executive Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He is a Member of the 18th CPC Central Committee and in 2013 he became Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of State Council.
