Zhang Ruipeng

Zhang Ruipeng (; born December 1961) is a Chinese politician who served as Vice Chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He is a member of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography Zhang Ruipeng was born in December 1961 in Heshun County, Shanxi. He entered Shanxi University in September 1978, where he majored in Chinese language and literature, and graduated in September 1982. He began his career in September 1982, working in the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Jinzhong Prefecture Committee. In May 1985, he joined the Chinese Communist Party.

During the 1980s and early 1990s, Zhang held a series of positions in the public security and political-legal system in Jinzhong and later in the General Office of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party. In December 1993, Zhang became deputy director of the Supervision Office of the General Office of the Shanxi Provincial Committee. Between November 1996 and February 1998, he was temporarily assigned as a member of the Standing Committee of the Zuoquan County Party Committee. He later became director of the Supervision Office in November 2000.

In March 2003, Zhang was appointed deputy secretary-general of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party. From September 2005 to July 2008, he pursued in-service postgraduate studies in economics at the Central Party School. In August 2008, he was promoted to executive deputy director of the Shanxi Provincial Confidentiality Commission while continuing as deputy secretary-general. In August 2011, Zhang also took office as director of the Policy Research Office of the Shanxi Provincial Committee. In March 2013, he was appointed Party secretary and director of the Department of Culture of Shanxi Province. Between May and July 2015, he attended a training program for bureau-level officials at the Central Party School.

In September 2016, Zhang became executive deputy secretary-general of the Shanxi Provincial Committee and director of its General Office. In January 2018, he was appointed Vice Chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, while continuing to serve in senior roles within the provincial Party apparatus.