BEIJING, March 13 (Reuters) - China will appoint Zhang

Jinliang as the chairman of state-owned China Construction Bank

Corp (CCB), three sources with direct

knowledge of matter said.

The appointment was reviewed by China Communist Party's

organisational department last week and will be announced as

soon as this week, said the sources, who declined to be named as

the information is confidential.

CCB did not immediately reply to Reuters' request for

comment.

Zhang, 54, has served as CCB's president since March 2022

and had previously worked for Bank of China for more

than a decade. He graduated from Xiamen University in 1997 with

a doctorate in economics.

Zhang will replace current CCB Chairman Tian Guoli, who will

retire from the post, the sources said.