Zhang Zhijun
Chinese politician and diplomat
Zhang Zhijun (Chinese: 张志军; pinyin: Zhāng Zhìjūn; born 1 February 1953) is a Chinese diplomat and politician. From 17 March 2013 to 21 March 2018, he has served as the Minister of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. He is currently the president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits since April 2018.
Education
Zhang studied at Peking University in 1971. He also went overseas to the United Kingdom for student exchange.
Taiwan Affairs Office
11th Cross-Strait Relations Symposium
In March 2013, speaking at the 11th Cross-Strait Relations Symposium in Pingtan, Fujian, Zhang called for increased quality and efficiency of cross-strait exchanges and cooperation. The symposium was attended by people from both sides, including some from Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party. He wished to visit Taiwan as well as to meet his counterpart, Wang Yu-chi, the head of the Mainland Affairs Council.
Zhang-Wang meeting
On 11 February 2014, Zhang met with Wang Yu-chi in Nanjing, the first high-level government-to-government official contact between the two sides since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949. The meeting took place at the Purple Palace hotel in Nanjing.
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