Zhang Lin (general)

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Lin (Chinese: 张林; born 1965) is a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China who is the current head of the Logistic Support Department of the Central Military Commission, in office since January 2022.^[1]

Zhang Lin
张林
Head of the Logistic Support Department of the Central Military Commission
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2022
Preceded by	Gao Jin
Personal details
Born	1965 (age 59–60) China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
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 Pinyin Zhāng Lín

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,^[2] 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.^[3] He became director of the Agency for Offices Administration of the Central Military Commission in March 2021,^[4] 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.^[5]

Downfall

On September 12th 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.^[6]