Zhang Bin (political strategist)

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Zhang Bin
NationalityChinese
Employer Millennium Golden Eagle International
Organization China Cultural Industry Association
Known forPhilanthropy to the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
Political party Chinese Communist Party

Zhang Bin is a Chinese political strategist and business magnate.

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He is the chairman of the Chinese-state affiliated Millennium Golden Eagle International, an advisor to the Chinese Communist Party, and the chair of the China Cultural Industry Association.

Adult life and career

Zhang is a Chinese [1] billionaire [2] who is the chairman [3] of the Chinese-state affiliated company Millennium Golden Eagle International and works as an advisor to the Chinese Communist Party. [4] [2] As an official of the party, he promotes China's interests overseas. [2] Zhang is the president of the China Cultural Industry Association, and the managing director of the National Animation Game Industry Base Management Committee. [5] In his role at the China Cultural Industry Association, Zhang has met with John William Ashe the President of the United Nations General Assembly, Vijay K. Nambiar the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Irina Bokova, the Director General of UNESCO, and Francis Lorenzo, the president of the International Organization for South-South Cooperation. [5]

In 2013, Zhang donated $800,000 to the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. [3] In 2023, the Université de Montreal was considering returning a $750,000 donation to Zhang. [6]

In 2016, Zhang met Justin Trudeau [7] and after attending a Liberal Party of Canada fundraiser hosted by the Chinese Business Chamber of Commerce, [4] [8] he pledged to donate $200,000 to the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. However, only $140,000 was received. [9] Shortly after the event, Zhang donated $1m to the foundation. [10] The $200,000 donation made national news in Canada in 2023, leading to the resignation of most of the board of directors of the foundation. [11]

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