Jin Zhuanglong took up the new Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and was once the "head" of domestic large aircraft.
On the 29th, it was officially announced that "Comrade Jin Zhuanglong is the Party Secretary of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Comrade Xiao Yaqing is no longer the Party Secretary of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology."
The day before, the website of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection disclosed the news that Xiao Yaqing, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, had been investigated.
According to public information, Jin Zhuanglong, born in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province in 1964, studied winged missile design at Beihang University. Later, he obtained a master’s degree in engineering from Shanghai Institute of Aerospace Technology and a doctorate in industrial economics from Fudan University.
In June 1989, Jin Zhuanglong began to work in the Eighth Design Department of Shanghai Space Administration. Nine years later, in 1998, 34-year-old Jin Zhuanglong became the director of Shanghai Space Administration. One and a half years later, he also served as a member of the party group of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
In December, 2001, Jin Zhuanglong stepped down as the director of Shanghai Space Administration and became the deputy general manager and member of the leading group of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
From June 2004 to March 2008, Jin Zhuanglong worked in the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, and served as Secretary-General (concurrently deputy director of the National Space Administration and spokesman of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense), deputy director of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and member of the Party Group. In August 2007, he also served as the deputy head of the preparation team for large passenger aircraft projects.
In March 2008, the State Council officially approved the establishment of China Commercial Aircraft Co., Ltd. In May, the company was established in Shanghai, and Jin Zhuanglong became the general manager of Comac China.
In January 2012, Jin Zhuanglong became the chairman and party secretary of Comac China, and was called "the head of domestic large aircraft" by the media.
On May 5, 2017, under the global attention, China has completely independent intellectual property rights, and the first trunk civil aircraft C919 developed according to the latest international airworthiness standards successfully made its first flight. At the ceremony that day, it was Jin Zhuanglong, the commander-in-chief of the C919 project, who announced the success of the first flight.
In August 2017, Jin Zhuanglong appeared in media reports as the executive deputy director of the integration of defense and civilian technologies Office of the Central Committee.
Now, 58-year-old Jin Zhuanglong has gone to a new post.