Zhang Chunlin

Zhang was born in Deyang County (now Deyang), Sichuan, in February 1965.^[3] In 1982, he enrolled at Bayi Agricultural College in Xinjiang, where he majored in agricultural mechanization.^[3] Zhang joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in January 1986 upon graduation.^[3]

After graduation in 1986, Zhang became an official in the Office of the CCP Tacheng Municipal Committee.^[3] He stayed at the CCP Tacheng Municipal Committee for 14 years, interspersed with short stays as deputy party secretary of Shawan County from July 1994 to January 1998.^[3]

Zhang was made director of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Township Enterprise Management Bureau in December 2000, and served until June 2006, when he was appointed executive vice governor of the Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture.^[3] He was appointed deputy party branch secretary of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Audit Office in January 2011, concurrently serving as director since next month.^[3] He was deputy party branch secretary and director of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Development and Reform Commission in March 2013, in addition to serving as director of the Office of the Coordination Leading Group for Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region's Assistance to Xinjiang and vice chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional People's Government.^[4] He was promoted to executive vice chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional People's Government in January 2018 and was admitted to standing committee member of the CCP Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee, the region's top authority.^[5][6] He was chosen as deputy party secretary of Xinjiang in April 2021, concurrently holding the head of the Publicity Department of the CCP Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee position.^[7][8]

In November 2023, Zhang was transferred to north China's Shanxi province and appointed specifically-designated deputy party secretary.^[9] In January 2025, he took up the post of chairperson of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the provincial advisory body.^[10][11]