Zhang Guobao

Zhang Guobao (simplified Chinese: 张国宝; traditional Chinese: 張國寶; born November 1944) is a former Chinese government official. He was the Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission.

Zhang Guobao was born in Zhejiang. He graduated from Xi'an Jiaotong University with a mechanical engineering degree and became a senior engineer. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1966 and rose to become the director of the Office for Northeast Economic Revitalization in 2004, and in 2007, the Director of the National Energy Administration and Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission. He left active politics in January 2011. He held a seat on the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference until 2013, when he retired for good.