An Jian (Chinese: 安建; born December 1952) is a Chinese politician who served in a series of senior legislative and legal affairs positions at the national level. He held posts including deputy director of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, deputy director of the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council, vice president of the China Law Society, and deputy chairman of the Law Committee of the 12th National People's Congress.^[1]

An Jian was born in Anping County, Hebei Province, in December 1952. He began working in May 1969 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in December 1972. Early in his career, he served as a soldier at the Ninth Air Force Aviation School and later worked as a factory laborer at the Rail and Beam Plant of the Panzhihua Iron and Steel, followed by employment at Factory 502 of the Seventh Ministry of Machine-Building.^[2]

After moving to Beijing, An worked in the Research Office of the Beijing Municipal People's Government and later served as deputy section chief of the enterprise management section at the Beijing Electric Machinery General Plant He subsequently joined the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, where he held positions as deputy division chief, division chief, deputy director of the Economic Law Department, and eventually its director.^[3]

In August 2003, An was appointed deputy director of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. In August 2010, he became deputy director and a member of the Party Group of the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council.^[4] In January 2009, he was elected vice president of the sixth council of the China Law Society.^[3] In June 2013, he was appointed deputy chairman of the Law Committee of the Twelfth National People's Congress, and the following month, he left his post at the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council.^[1]