Zhang Tianxin

Zhang Tianxin 张田欣
Communist Party Secretary of Kunming
In office December 2011 – July 2014
Preceded by	Qiu He
Succeeded by	Gao Jinsong
Director of the CPC Yunnan Propaganda Department
In office November 2006 – November 2011
Preceded by	Yan Youqiong (晏友琼)
Succeeded by	Zhao Jin (赵金)
Communist Party Secretary of the Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture
In office October 1999 – November 2006
Succeeded by	Li Pei (李培)
CPC Party Chief of Yuxi
In office June 1998 – October 1999
Personal details
Born	July 1955 (age 61) Jiangchuan County, Yunnan
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Communist Party of China (expelled)
Residence	Kunming, Yunnan
Alma mater	Kunming University of Science and Technology Yunnan Normal University
Occupation	Politician

Zhang Tianxin (Chinese: 张田欣; pinyin: Zhāng Tiánxīn; born July 1955) is a former Chinese politician, and Communisty Party Secretary of Kunming, the provincial capital of Yunnan Province, between 2011 and 2014. He was dismissed from his position in July 2014, after he came under investigation for violating "party discipline", and subsequently expelled from the Communist Party of China.

Zhang was born and raised in Jiangchuan County, Yunnan. Zhang began teaching middle school in his home county at age 19, during the latter years of the Cultural Revolution. After three years on the job, Zhang took part in the Gaokao exams and received a placement at Kunming Teacher's College (now Yunnan Normal University). Zhang got involved in politics in May 1978, first taking a job as an ordinary office worker at the Prefecture government of Yuxi, where he began rising through the ranks. He joined the Communist Party of China in June 1984. In 1989, Zhang was named the deputy party chief of Yimen County.

In June 1998, Zhang was appointed the deputy party chief of Yuxi, he remained in that position until October 1999, when he was transferred to Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture as the Party Secretary, occupying a regional top office for the first time. In November 2006, Zhang was promoted to become the head of the provincial Propaganda Department. In December 2011, Zhang was named the Communist Party Secretary of Kunming, capital of Yunnan province.

In Kunming, Zhang was largely known for his extensive street renovation projects, which he said was part of a strategy to make Kunming more attractive to tourists. One of his 'pet projects' was the city's Beijing Road renovation project.

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