Zhang Chengyi, male, Han nationality, is a native of Yuncheng, Shandong Province. He was born in 1945, joined the CPC in 1975, started work in December 1968, and graduated from the Chemical Department of Jilin University.
Zhang began his career as a worker for a pottery factory in Huanan County in Heilongjiang Province.
Zhang has served as deputy Party secretary of Huanan County, and Shuangyashan municipality. Following the Cultural Revolution, he joined the staff of the Huanan County public transportation department. He also served as a deputy magistrate and deputy Party Secretary. In 1987, he became mayor of Shuangyashan municipality. He later became mayor of Yichun municipality. In 1996, he was named deputy governor of Heilongjiang Province.