Zhang Wentai, male, Han nationality, is a native of Jiaozhou, Shandong province. He was born in 1940, joined the PLA in 1958 and joined the CPC in 1960. Zhang was conferred to the rank of major general in 1988, and promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 1995. Zhang has held leading posts in the 54th Group Army of the PLA, including political commissar until 2002. He was appointed political commissar of the general logistics department in 2002.
He is a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee.