Zhang Xiuping

Zhang Xiuping 张秀萍
Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Jinzhong
In office April 2013 – November 2014
Party Secretary	Zhang Pu (张璞)[1]
Personal details
Born	February 1965 (age 51) Shanyin County, Shanxi
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Communist Party of China
Residence	Jinzhong, Shanxi
Occupation	Politician

Zhang Xiuping
Traditional Chinese	張秀萍
Simplified Chinese	张秀萍
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāng Xiùpíng

Zhang Xiuping (born February 1965) is a Chinese politician from Shanxi province. Between 2013 and 2014 she served as the Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Jinzhong, a prefecture-level city in Shanxi.^[2] In August 2014, she was put under investigation by the Communist Party's anti-corruption agency, then she was removed from office and expelled from the party in November 2014.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Chinese media reported that she had close relations with Jin Daoming, who is the former Secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.^[8]

Life and career

Zhang was born and raised in Shanyin County, Shanxi. She earned a Ph.D degree from Shanxi University in 2007.

Zhang began her political career in June 1985, and joined the Communist Party of China in July 1989.

She spent five years working in the Organization Department of Shuozhou Municipal Party Committee before serving as Deputy Director of General Office of Shuozhou Municipal Party Committee.

In March 2000 Zhang was transferred to Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi province, and she worked in Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline and Shanxi Provincial Inspection and Supervision Bureau. She was promoted to director in August 2002. In October 2006, he became a member of the Standing Committee of Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline.

In April 2013, she was appointed the Deputy CPC Party Chief of Jinzhong, she remained in that position until November 2014, when she was removed from office and expelled from the party for "took advantage of her post to seek profits for others, accepted a huge amount of money and property; and adultery."^[9][10]

References

1. "张璞任晋中市委书记" (in Chinese). CPC News. Retrieved 2011. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
2. "山西涉通奸两女官员升迁之路" (in Chinese). Neteast. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
3. "2 female officials dismissed in coal-rich Shanxi committed adultery". Sina. Retrieved 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
4. "Three senior officials dismissed in coal-rich Shanxi province". Chinadaily. Retrieved 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
5. "More corrupt Shanxi officials expelled from CPC". Xinhua News. Retrieved 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
6. "More corrupt Shanxi officials expelled from CPC". China.org. Retrieved 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
7. "More corrupt Shanxi officials expelled from CPC". People.com. Retrieved 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
8. "涉金道铭案，晋中市委副书记张秀萍从市委领导名单中"消失"" (in Chinese). Pengpai News. Retrieved 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
9. "山西晋中女副书记张秀萍涉受贿"通奸"被逮捕(图)" (in Chinese). Neteast. Retrieved 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
10. "山西晋中原女副书记张秀萍被双开 与他人通奸" (in Chinese). Xinhuanet. Retrieved 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)