The State Council in Beijing has appointed Zhang Yingjie, the former president of the Yunnan High People’s Court, as a deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), the Liaison Office has announced in a statement.
The Liaison Office in the MSAR has four deputy directors in its organisational structure.
After Zhang’s appointment to his new post on Friday, the Liaison Office in the MSAR now has three serving deputy directors, i.e., one of the four deputy director positions is still left vacant. The other two currently serving deputy directors of the Liaison Office are Huang Liuquan and Lyu Yuyin.
The Liaison Office in the MSAR has been headed by Zheng Xincong since May 2022. Zheng is the highest-ranking official of the Central People’s Government posted to the MSAR.
According to Friday’s statement, Zhang, born in 1968 in Fujian Province, holds a master’s degree in Legal Studies.
Zhang became Yunnan’s top judge in January last year. Previously, Zhang headed Shenzhen’s Intermediate People’s Court.
Undated file photo of Zhang Yingjie, a newly appointed deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the MSAR – Photo courtesy of Liaison Office
