Zhang Jingfu
Zhang Jingfu | ||
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张劲夫 | ||
Finance Minister of China | ||
In office January 1975 – August 1979 | ||
Preceded by | Yin Chengzhen | |
Succeeded by | Wu Bo | |
Personal details | ||
Born | Zhang Shide (张世德) June 6, 1914 Hanyu Pinyin | Zhāng Jìngfū / Zhāng Jìnfū |
Zhang Jingfu or Zhang Jinfu
Zhang was an alternate member of the 8th
Biography
Zhang was born Zhang Shide (张世德) into a family of farming background in Feidong County, Anhui, on June 6, 1914. In 1930, he attended Nanjing Xiaozhuang School (南京晓庄学校), which was founded by Tao Xingzhi, a noted Chinese educator. He became an editor in Life Education (《生活教育》) in 1931. In the winter of 1932, he was a teacher, and then president of Dachangshan Haigong School (大场山海工学团).
He joined the Chinese Communist Party in December 1935 and worked in Shanghai. In 1937, after the outbreak of Second Sino-Japanese War, Shanghai was occupied by the Japanese army, he retreated to Wuhan, capital of Hubei province.
Zhang was appointed as the head of the Propaganda Department of Anhui provincial government in April 1938. One year later, he became the deputy director of Political Department of Jiangbei headquarters of the
After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, he was appointed as Vice-Mayor and Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province.
In 1956, he became the Vice-President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, serving as an assistant of President Guo Moruo.[2][3]
In January 1975 he was promoted to become the
Zhang was elected a Standing Committee of the Central Advisory Commission at the 13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[4]
Zhang died in Beijing on July 31, 2015.[1] Zhang's body was cremated on August 6, 2015.[1] China's seven senior leaders attended the funeral at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in west Beijing.[1]
Personal life
Zhang married Hu Xiaofeng (Chinese: 胡晓风), they had two sons, Zhang Bohai (Chinese: 张渤海) and Zhang Mao (Chinese: 张茅). Zhang Mao, who is married to the daughter of the former Vice Premier Gu Mu, serves as Minister of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d "Late Chinese leader Zhang Jingfu cremated". China.org.cn. 2015-08-06.
- ^ "Zhang Jingfu was one of the founders of the Chinese Academy of Sciences". Xinhuanet (in Chinese). 2015-08-03.
- ^ 张劲夫主政中科院 对老科学家“谈而不斗”. Ifeng (in Chinese). 2015-08-01.
- ^ "Zhang Jingfu: the last Standing Committee of the Central Advisory Commission". 163.COM (in Chinese). 2015-08-03.
- ^ 谷牧女婿掌工商总局. Ta Kung Pao (in Chinese). 2013-03-23.