Zhang Weiguo

Zhang Weiguo (; born October 1953) is a retired Chinese politician from Jiangsu province. He served as Vice Governor of Jiangsu and later as Executive Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress. He also held the position of deputy party secretary of Suzhou and was Chairman of the Jiangsu Tourism Association.

Biography Zhang Weiguo was born in Changzhou, Jiangsu, in October 1953. In December 1968, he began working in Jianhu Commune, Wujin County, during the Down to the Countryside Movement. He later studied in the Chinese language program at Zhenjiang Normal School. After graduation, he worked as a secretary in the Wujin County Party Committee Office. He subsequently became secretary in the Industrial and Communications Department of the Suzhou Municipal Committee, as well as in the Office of the Suzhou Economic Commission, eventually serving as deputy chief of the Grassroots Work Section and deputy director of the office.

From 1984 to 1986, Zhang studied in the cadre training program of the Department of Politics at Soochow University. He later served as section chief and deputy head of the Suzhou Urban Work Department, and deputy director of the Suzhou Economic Restructuring Commission. In 1989, he was appointed Deputy Party Secretary of Wujiang County, later promoted to Party Secretary. In 1992, he became a member of the Standing Committee of the Suzhou Municipal Committee and concurrently head of the Publicity Department. During this period, he pursued postgraduate studies at Tongji University.

In 1996, Zhang was appointed to the Standing Committee of the Suzhou Municipal Committee and became Party Secretary of Kunshan. In 2000, he was elevated to Vice Governor of Jiangsu Province, where he oversaw industrial development, economic restructuring, and infrastructure projects. In 2011, he was elected Executive Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress and Deputy Party Secretary of the committee. He retired from active politics in 2017.