Zhang Lin (general)

Zhang Lin
张林
Head of the Logistic Support Department of the Central Military Commission
In office
January 2022 – October 2025
Preceded byGao Jin
Personal details
Born1965 (age 60–61)
China
PartyChinese Communist Party (expelled in 2026)
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service
?–present
Rank Lieutenant general
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese张林
Traditional Chinese張林
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Lín

Zhang Lin (Chinese: 张林; born 1965) was a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as the head of the Logistic Support Department of the Central Military Commission, in office from January 2022 to October 2025.

Biography

Zhang was born in 1965. He was promoted to chief of staff of the Joint Logistics Support Force of the Central Military Commission [zh] in 2019, but having held the position for only one year, in 2020 he was appointed head of the Logistics Department of the People's Armed Police. He became director of the Agency for Offices Administration of the Central Military Commission in March 2021, and soon was commissioned as head of the Logistic Support Department of the Central Military Commission in January 2022.

He attained the rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in January 2022.

Downfall

On September 12, 2025, he was dismissed as deputy of the NPC by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress together with General Wang Chunning, Lieutenant General Gao Daguang and Lieutenant General Wang Zhibin. On 29 October 2026, the fifth plenary session of the 20th CCP Central Committee reviewed and approved the report of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Central Military Commission on the "serious violations of discipline and law" by Zhang and confirmed the Politburo decision to expel him from the CCP.

References

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  4. ↑ 中央军委组织党史专题学习 深入学习中国共产党领导建设强大人民军队的经验启示. CCTV7 (in Chinese). 2021-06-24. Archived from the original on 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
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  6. ↑ "解放军反腐震荡持续 王春宁等四将领被罢免人大代表". www.zaobao.com.sg (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 2025-09-13.
  7. ↑ 受权发布丨中国共产党第二十届中央委员会第五次全体会议公报 [Authorized Release | Communiqué of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China]. Xinhua News Agency. 29 October 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-29.