Former Director of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration of the Chinese Communist Party, Zhang Jianlong, has been expelled from the Party, had his benefits revoked, and has been referred to judicial authorities. Zhang Jianlong was taken down in January of this year.
The website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission of the CCP reported on October 19 that Zhang Jianlong, former member of the Party group of the Ministry of Natural Resources and former Party Secretary and Director of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (referred to as the Forestry and Grassland Administration), was found to have engaged in misconduct, resisted organizational review, accepted gifts and entertainment in violation of regulations, failed to report personal matters as required, did not truthfully explain issues during organizational interviews, engaged in irregularities to benefit others in the selection and appointment of cadres and employees, inflated his greed, abused power for personal gain, engaged in corrupt transactions, used his position for land occupation in forests, approval of special funds, permits for wild animal use, project contracting, and unlawfully accepted large sums of money.
According to the report, Zhang Jianlong has been expelled from the Party, had his benefits revoked, and has been referred to judicial authorities.
Zhang Jianlong was officially taken down on January 22 of this year.
Public records show that Zhang Jianlong was born in January 1957 in Hangjin Banner, Inner Mongolia, from Minqin, Gansu. He started working in August 1982 at the State Forestry Administration’s Three-North Shelterbelt Program Office, where he served as Director of the Propaganda Department and Director of the Three North Bureau. In July 1998, Zhang Jianlong was transferred to the Department of Conservation of the State Forestry Administration, where he became the Director in March 1999 and then the Director of the Science and Technology Department in December 2001.
In October 2003, Zhang Jianlong was appointed as Deputy Director of the State Forestry Administration; since November 2006, he concurrently served as the Secretary of the Party Committee of the State Forestry Administration’s directly affiliated organs; in June 2012, he became the Deputy Secretary and Deputy Director of the Party Group of the State Forestry Administration. In June 2015, he was appointed as the Director and Party Secretary of the State Forestry Administration; in September 2018, he became a member of the Party group of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Director and Party Secretary of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, stepped down in June 2020, and then took up a position in the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, serving as a member of the 13th National Committee of the CPPCC and Deputy Director of the Committee of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. On January 22, 2026, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission officially announced an investigation into Zhang Jianlong.