Zhang Qingwei | |||||||
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张庆伟 | |||||||
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | |||||||
Assumed office 10 March 2023 | |||||||
Chairman | Zhao Leji | ||||||
Communist Party Secretary of Hunan | |||||||
In office 18 October 2021 – 14 March 2023 | |||||||
Deputy | Mao Weiming (governor) | ||||||
Preceded by | Xu Dazhe | ||||||
Succeeded by | Shen Xiaoming | ||||||
Chairman of Hunan Provincial People's Congress | |||||||
In office 19 January 2022 – 28 March 2023 | |||||||
Preceded by | Xu Dazhe | ||||||
Communist Party Secretary of Heilongjiang | |||||||
In office 1 April 2017 – 18 October 2021 | |||||||
Deputy | Lu Hao→Wang Wentao (governor) | ||||||
Preceded by | Wang Xiankui | ||||||
Succeeded by | Xu Qin | ||||||
Governor of Hebei | |||||||
In office 10 January 2012 – 1 April 2017 | |||||||
Party Secretary | Zhou Benshun Zhao Kezhi | ||||||
Preceded by | Chen Quanguo | ||||||
Succeeded by | Xu Qin | ||||||
Chairperson of Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense | |||||||
In office 30 August 2007 – 15 March 2008 | |||||||
Premier | Wen Jiabao | ||||||
Preceded by | Zhang Yunchuan | ||||||
Succeeded by | Chen Qiufa | ||||||
Personal details | |||||||
Born | Jilin City, Jilin, China | 7 November 1961||||||
Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
Alma mater | Northwestern Polytechnical University | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 张庆伟 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 張慶偉 | ||||||
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Zhang Qingwei (Chinese: 张庆伟; born 7 November 1961) is a Chinese politician, business executive, and aerospace engineer, who is a vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. He was formerly the Communist Party Secretary of Hunan, the Communist Party Secretary of Heilongjiang, Governor of Hebei, and chairperson of the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND). Prior to his government career he was president of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and chairman of Comac, an aerospace manufacturer.[1][2][3]
Zhang was well known for his work for military contractors, and headed the team that designed and constructed the Xian JH-7 "flying leopard" combat aircraft. He was also the deputy leader of the project to send a Chinese man into space, and the leader of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, Chang'e 1. In 2009, Zhang was named one of China's 40 most powerful people by BusinessWeek.[4][5]