Zhang Lefu

Zhang Lefu (Chinese: 张乐夫; born January 1966) is a Chinese politician and engineer currently serving as vice chairperson of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). He previously served as Director of the Jiangsu Department of Finance and has held a number of senior positions in the provincial government of Jiangsu.^[1]

Zhang was born in Qidong, Jiangsu, in January 1966. He entered the workforce in July 1984 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in December 1998. He received postgraduate education and earned a doctorate in engineering. Zhang began his career in the machinery industry, serving in the Jiangsu Provincial Tractor and Internal Combustion Engine Industry Company. During the 1990s he held a series of management and regulatory positions related to agricultural machinery and automobile manufacturing, including deputy director and later director of the Automobile Industry Office of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Machinery Industry.^[2]

Following the restructuring of provincial economic administration, Zhang served in several senior posts within the Jiangsu Provincial Economic and Trade Commission, including director of the Industrial Policy Department and head of the Jiangsu Automobile Industry Office. In December 2005 he was appointed a member of the commission's Party Leadership Group while concurrently serving as deputy director of the Jiangsu Township Enterprise Administration Bureau and deputy director of the Jiangsu Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Bureau.^[3]

In 2009, following the establishment of the Jiangsu Economic and Information Commission, Zhang continued as a member of its Party Leadership Group and retained leadership responsibilities in the provincial small-business and township-enterprise sectors. In March 2013 he was appointed director, president, and deputy Party secretary of Jiangsu Credit Re-guarantee Co., Ltd. He became chairman and Party secretary of the company in July 2014.^[4]

In August 2018, Zhang was appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the People's Government of Jiangsu. In September 2021 he became Director and Party Secretary of the Jiangsu Department of Finance. In January 2023 he was elected vice chairperson of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, while continuing to serve as Director of the Department of Finance until later that year.^[5]