Zhang Zhijian, A top Chinese nuclear power expert and high-ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Official Committed Suicide

A top Chinese nuclear power expert and high-ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official committed suicide for unknown reasons in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang Province, based on a variety of outlet reports.

Zhang Zhijian, Member of Standing Committee of Party Committee committed suicide on 17 Jun 21. 

Zhang held a string of important academic and administrative offices related to his expertise, including head of the HEU’s College of Nuclear Science and Technology; director of the Nuclear Power Simulation Research Center (NPSRC), one of China’s key national defense labs; chief of the Office of Development and Planning; and an executive director of the Chinese Nuclear Society.

The HEU is an academy with strong ties to the Chinese military.

When a Chinese Nuclear scientist commits suicide like this, it usually means he was hiding something.