Chen Zhichang

Chen Zhichang (Chinese: 陈之常; born December 1974) is a Chinese politician currently serving as a member of the Standing Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the Party Secretary of Baotou.^[1]

Chen Zhichang was born in December 1974 in Dazhu County, Sichuan Province. From 1992 to 1996, he studied Administrative Management at the Department of Politics and Management, China University of Political Science and Law, earning a bachelor's degree. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in May 1996 and began working in July of the same year.^[2]

Chen's early career was rooted in Beijing's municipal administration. From 1996 to 2003, he held various positions in the Planning Commission and Information Office of Chongwen District, including deputy director and later Director of the Comprehensive Information Center. In 2005, he was appointed Deputy Party Secretary and Director of the Donghuashi Subdistrict Office. In the following years, he served in multiple roles within Chongwen District, such as Executive Deputy Director and later Director of the Development and Reform Commission.^[3]

From 2007 to 2010, Chen served as a deputy district-level official in Chongwen and was seconded to Tibet, where he acted as Standing Committee Member and Executive Vice Mayor of the Lhasa Municipal People's Government, serving concurrently as Deputy Leader of the Aid-Tibet cadre team.^[4][5]

In 2010, he was transferred to the Tiananmen Area Management Committee of the Beijing Municipal People's Government as deputy director, and from 2011 to 2014, served as Deputy District Mayor of Dongcheng District. He was promoted to Standing Committee Member and continued as Deputy District Mayor from 2014 to 2018. In 2018, Chen was appointed Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary and Acting District Mayor of Shijingshan District, becoming District Mayor in 2019.^[6][7]

Later in 2019, Chen was transferred to Jiangsu Province, where he served as Deputy Party Secretary and Acting Mayor of Huai'an. He was officially appointed Mayor in January 2020 and became Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Huai'an in June 2021. In July 2021, he was also appointed First Secretary of the Huai'an Military Subdistrict Party Committee. In February 2022, he assumed the position of Director of the Huai'an Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee while continuing to serve as Party Secretary.^[8]

In January 2023, Chen became Deputy Party Secretary and Mayor of Nanjing. He held this position until July 2025, when he was appointed to his post as a member of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and Party Secretary of Baotou.^[9]