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Zhang Qingwei was born on 7 November, 1961 in Jilin City, Jilin, China, is a Zhang Qingwei is Chinese politician, business executive, and aerospace. Discover Zhang Qingwei's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?

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Age 62 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 7 November 1961
Birthday 7 November
Birthplace Jilin City, Jilin, China
Nationality China

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1961

Zhang Qingwei (born 7 November 1961) is a Chinese politician, business executive, and aerospace engineer, who is a vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

He was formerly the Communist Party Secretary of Hunan, the Communist Party Secretary of Heilongjiang, Governor of Hebei, and chairperson of the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND).

Prior to his government career he was president of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and chairman of Comac, an aerospace manufacturer.

Zhang was well known for his work for military contractors, and headed the team that designed and constructed the Xian JH-7 "flying leopard" combat aircraft.

He was also the deputy leader of the project to send a Chinese man into space, and the leader of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, Chang'e 1.

Zhang was born in Jilin City, Jilin Province on 7 November 1961, but is considered a native of his ancestral home of Laoting County, Hebei province by Chinese convention.

His family later moved to Tangshan, Hebei.

1978

Zhang studied at the aircraft department of Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) in Xi'an from September 1978 to August 1982, majoring in aircraft design.

After graduation, he was assigned to No. 603 Research Institute of the Ministry of Aerospace Industry, designing aircraft tails.

Within three years he became the leader of a team that developed the FBC-1 fighter-bomber that is still in use by the People's Liberation Army Air Force.

1985

In 1985, Zhang returned to NPU to continue his studies, and received a Master of Engineering degree in aircraft control in 1988.

1988

In 1988 Zhang returned to work for the Ministry of Aerospace Industry and later joined China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), the birthplace of China's Long March rocket.

1990

He showed exceptional talent at CALT and was credited with the 1990 launch of the AsiaSat 1 satellite for the American company Hughes Satellite Systems.

It marked the first time for the Long March rocket to successfully launch a foreign satellite.

After the success with AsiaSat 1, Zhang was tasked with developing the Long March 2 rocket for China's human spaceflight program (later called the Shenzhou program).

1992

Zhang joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1992.

1996

He became the deputy director of CALT in 1996, and the vice-manager of the newly established China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) in 1999.

2001

In 2001 he was appointed president of CASC, and starting in February 2002 he concurrently served as deputy chief commander of the Shenzhou program.

2002

In 2002, less than ten years after he joined the party, he was appointed to the 16th Central Committee of the CCP, the party's top authority.

At age 41 he was the youngest full member of the committee.

2003

In October 2003 Shenzhou 5 completed China's first ever human spaceflight mission, and two years later two more astronauts safely returned to earth after a five-day spaceflight on Shenzhou 6.

2007

In August 2007 Zhang was appointed chairperson of the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND), becoming one of the youngest persons to hold a minister-level post in China.

2008

He guided the merger of COSTIND with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in 2008.

He also concurrently served as head of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program.

In 2008 Zhang was appointed chairman of the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac), a state-owned enterprise that was newly established to develop China's own jumbo jets.

2009

In 2009, Zhang was named one of China's 40 most powerful people by BusinessWeek.

In 2009, he drew international attention after being named one of China's 40 most powerful people by BusinessWeek.

2011

In August 2011 Zhang left Comac and was appointed acting governor of Hebei Province, replacing Chen Quanguo, who had been promoted to Party Secretary of Tibet Autonomous Region.

2012

In January 2012 he was officially elected by the Hebei Provincial Congress as governor, and reelected in January 2013.

Zhang was one of the earliest examples of rocket scientists taking on major political posts in China, a trend that intensified following Xi Jinping's ascension to the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, with many "space alumni" joining government ranks thereafter.

2017

He has subsequently been elected to full memberships of the 17th and 18th Central Committees.

Zhang was transferred to Heilongjiang to serve as party secretary in April 2017, becoming the fourth official born after 1960 to assume a provincial party secretary post.

On 18 October 2021, he was transferred to central China's Hunan province and appointed Party Secretary, the top political position in the province.