Compiled from the following sources:

Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006

Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005

Zhongguo Gongchandang Lijie Zhongyang Weiyuan Dacidian, 1921-2003
Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi chubanshe 2004

XINHUA Online (China View)


Revision History:

Biography Revised: 12/8/2010
Career Data Updated: 12/8/2010

PHOTO: Zhang Dejiang
Zhang Dejiang 张德江
Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo; Vice-Premier, State Council
Born: 1946

Biography

Zhang Dejiang, male, 55, Han nationality, is a native of Tai'an County, Liaoning Province. He was born in November 1946, joined the CPC in January 1971 and joined the workforce in November 1968. Zhang graduated from the Economics Department, Kim Il Sung Comprehensive University. As a university graduate, he holds the professional title of Lecturer.

Zhang, who speaks Korean, worked in Jilin Province until the mid-1980's when he moved to Beijing as vice minister of Civil Affairs. In the 1990s, he became secretary of the CPC Jilin Municipal Committee and 1998 relinquished that position to become secretary of the CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee.

Zhang was an alternate member of the 14th CPC Central Committee and a member of the 15th CPC Central Committee. Zhang was a member of the Politburo of the 16th CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Party Committee.

He is currently a member of the Politboro of the 17th CPC Central Committee a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee, Vice-Premier of the State Council and Director of the State Production Safety Commission.

Career Data

2008— Member, State Council CPC, Leading Party Group
2008— Vice-Premier, State Council
2007— Director, State Production Safety Commission
2007— Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo
2007— Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2002—2007 Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2002—2007 Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo
2002—2007 Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee Guangdong Province
1998—1998 Chairman, Provincial People's Congress Jilin Province
1998—2002 Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee Zhejiang Province
1997—2002 Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1995—1998 Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee CPC, Party Committee Jilin Province
1995—1998 Chairman, Provincial People's Congress, Standing Committee Jilin Province
1992—1997 Alternate Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee
1990—1995 Secretary, CPC, Prefectural Committee Jilin Province, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture
1990—1995 Deputy Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee Jilin Province
1986—1990 Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Civil Affairs CPC, Leading Party Group
1986—1990 Vice-Minister, Ministry of Civil Affairs
1985—1986 Deputy Secretary, CPC, Prefectural Committee CPC, Party Committee Jilin Province, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture
1983—1985 Member, CPC, Prefectural Committee, Standing Committee CPC, Party Committee Jilin Province, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture
1983—1985 Member, CPC, City Committee, Standing Committee Jilin Province, Yanji City
1983—1985 Deputy Secretary, CPC, City Committee Jilin Province, Yanji City
1980—1983 Vice-President, Yanbian University Jilin Province, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture
1980—1983 Member, Yanbian University CPC, Party Committee, Standing Committee Jilin Province, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture
1978—1980 Student, Kim Il Sung Comprehensive University Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Pyongyang
1978—1980 Secretary, Kim Il Sung Comprehensive University CPC, Party Branch Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Pyongyang
1975—1978 Vice-Chairman, Yanbian University Cultural Revolution, Revolutionary Committee Jilin Province, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture
1975—1978 Member, Yanbian University CPC, Party Committee, Standing Committee Jilin Province, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture
1975—1978 Deputy Secretary, Yanbian University, Korean Language Department CPC, Party Branch Jilin Province, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture
1972—1975 Student, Yanbian University Jilin Province, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture (Majored in the Korean language.)
1971 Joined, CPC
1970—1972 Staff Member, Cultural Revolution, Revolutionary Committee Jilin Province, Wangqing County
1970—1972 Secretary, CYLC, County-Level, Propaganda Department Jilin Province, Wangqing County
1968—1970 Luozigou Commune, Taiping Brigade Cultural Revolution, Sent to the countryside Jilin Province, Wangqing County

Recent Travel & Appearances

04 Feb 12 Travelled to Hubei Province, Wuhan City
Chinese Vice Premier urges development of SOEs
18 Jan 12 Chinese vice premier presses for full coverage of pension insurance by the end of 2012
07 Jan 12 China Focus: China ends financial meeting, urges serving real economy amid risks
29 Dec 11 Vice premier urges efforts to boost employment
28 Dec 11 Safety in transport priority
26 Dec 11 Chinese vice premier stresses industrial growth, structural ugrades
23 Dec 11 Chinese vice premier stresses railway safety, service
19 Dec 11 Vice premier urges China's central SOEs to maintain growth
15 Dec 11 Was in Beijing Municipality and met with the following:
Han Kwang Bok (Deputy Premier of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea)
Chinese vice premier vows stronger ties with DPRK
02 Dec 11 Travelled to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Horgos
China launches trans-border trade center near Kazakhstan border


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