China Vitae

Biography

Zhang Tianbao, male, Han nationality, is a native of Shouyang, Shanxi Province. He was born in 1939 and joined the CPC in 1961. He earned a postgraduate degree from the Law Department of People‘s University of China in 1964.

A former vice-minister of the Ministry of Education, Zhang has worked in Ministry of Education and other state positions since the 1960s. He began his career as a staff member with the research office at the Ministry of Higher Education, holding that job from 1965 to 1973. He later rose to assume director responsibilities of the policy, law and regulation department at the Ministry of Education. In 1993, he became the vice-minister of the State Education Commission. Five years later in 1998, he was made vice-minister at the Ministry of Education.

Zhang‘s law background has served him in his Party and government positions. He has participated in drafting the PRC regulations for awarding academic degrees, CPC Central Committee resolutions on reforming the educational system, PRC law on compulsory education, and developing a reform program for China‘s education.