(Beijing News) According to the website of the State Supervision Commission of the Communist Party of China of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China yesterday, the Beijing Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that the former party secretary and director of the Beijing Food and Drug Administration Zhang Zhikuan were suspected of serious disciplinary violations and are currently under investigation.

Zhang Zhikuan served as the party secretary and director of the Beijing Food and Drug Administration in August 2013. At that time, the full system of the Beijing Food and Drug Administration officially fulfilled its functions and integrates the Beijing Food Safety Office, the Drug Administration, and Quality.The duties of food and drug supervision by the Supervision Bureau, the Industry and Commerce Bureau, and the Health Bureau have reduced the supervision links, and established a food and drug supervision and management system with a smooth linkage and smooth relationship.

The former Beijing Food and Drug Administration is a municipal government directly -affiliated with Beijing food, drugs, medical equipment, health food, cosmetics supervision and management.

At present, only Beijing has the Municipal Drug Administration. It is the department management agency of the Beijing Market Supervision and Administration Bureau and is the deputy bureau level.

Zhang Zhikuan was the secretary of the Beijing Yanqing County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, the director of the Beijing Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce, Deputy Secretary -General of the Beijing Municipal Government, Director of the Office of the Beijing Food Safety Committee, and party secretary of the Beijing Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce.

He stepped down in January 2016 in August 2013 as director of the Beijing Food and Drug Administration.