Zhang Wenkang, male, Han nationality, was born in Shanghai in 1940. He graduated from medical school in Shanghai in 1962 and joined the CPC in 1966. During the next 25 years, he worked in various medical and administrative capacities in PLA affiliated schools and units, including deputy director and deputy Party secretary of the PLA Health Department.
Zhang served as vice-minister of the Ministry of Health and director of the state body concerned with traditional Chinese medicine during from 1993 to 1998. Before being appointed health minister in 1998, he headed several groups dealing with reagent certification, pharmaceuticals, and narcotics.
Zhang was elected president of the Chinese Medical Association in April 1999 and as honorary vice-president of the Chinese Red Cross in October 1999. He was a member of the 15th CPC Central Committee and is a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee.
2002—2007 |
Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee |
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1999—???? |
Honorary Vice President, Red Cross Society of China |
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1999—???? |
President, Chinese Medical Association |
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1999—???? |
Member, State Academic Degrees Committee |
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1998—???? |
Deputy Director, CPC, Central Committee, Central Health Committee |
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1998—2003 |
Minister, Ministry of Health |
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1997—???? |
Deputy Head, National Group for Narcotics Control |
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1997—2002 |
Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee |
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1995—???? |
(Honorary Chairman, Council of China Pharmaceutical University) |
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1994—???? |
Chairman, Chinese Commission of Certification of Medicine and Chemical Reagents |
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1993—1998 |
Vice-Minister, Ministry of Health |
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1993—1998 |
Vice-Minister, Ministry of Health |
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1993—1998 |
Director, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine |
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1990—1993 |
Deputy Director, PLA, General Logistics Department, Health Department |
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1990—1993 |
Deputy Secretary, PLA, General Logistics Department, Health Department CPC, Party Committee |
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1988— |
Major General, PLA |
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1983—1990 |
Director, No. 2 Medical University of the Chinese PLA, Training Department |
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1983—1990 |
Vice-President, No. 2 Medical University of the Chinese PLA |
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1978—1983 |
Associate Professor, No. 2 Medical University of the Chinese PLA, Diving Physiology Department |
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1978—1983 |
Lecturer, No. 2 Medical University of the Chinese PLA, Diving Physiology Department |
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1966 |
Joined, CPC |
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1962—1978 |
Teaching Assistant, No. 2 Medical University of the Chinese PLA, Diving Physiology Department |
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1962 |
Joined, PLA |
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1962 |
Graduate, Shanghai Medical College, Medical Treatment Department |
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