1On September 2, 1998, Zhang Zhinan was appointed as the deputy mayor of Sanming Municipal People's Government at the fifth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth Sanming Municipal People's Congress.

On July 27th, 2007, Fujian Provincial People's Government appointed Zhang Zhinan as Deputy Secretary-General (director level) of Fujian Provincial People's Government.

On may 27th, 20 10, Zhang Zhinan was removed from the post of director of Fujian provincial development and reform commission due to work needs.

2011119 The first plenary meeting of the Ninth Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Fujian Province was held in Fuzhou, and a new Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China was elected. The members of the Standing Committee are 13, namely Sun Chunlan (female), Su, Zhu Shengling and He.