Zhang Guoqing

Zhang Guoqing 张国清
Mayor of Chongqing
Incumbent
Assumed office December 30, 2016
Party Secretary	Sun Zhengcai
Preceded by	Huang Qifan
Deputy Party Secretary of Chongqing
Incumbent
Assumed office April 2013
Preceded by	Zhang Xuan
Personal details
Born	December 1964 (age 52) Luoshan County, Henan, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Residence	Chongqing
Alma mater	Changchun University of Science and Technology Nanjing University of Science and Technology

Zhang Guoqing (Chinese: 张国清; pinyin: Zhāng Guóqīng; born December 1964) is a Chinese politician and former corporate executive who is the current acting mayor of Chongqing, one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of China. An economics doctorate from Tsinghua University, Zhang had previously served as the chief executive of North Industries, a military contractor.

Zhang was born in 1964 in the town of Lingshan, Luoshan County, Henan province. He studied electrical engineering at the Changchun Institute of Optical Mechanics (now Changchun University of Science and Technology) and graduated in 1985. After graduating, he pursued a master's degree from the Nanjing University of Science and Technology in international trade.

Zhang then worked at Norinco, a military supplier. He began work as a project manager, then worked in the company's operations in the Middle East, including a stint in the company's office in Tehran. He was promoted to Vice President in 1996, and by 1998, he had become the Communist Party Secretary of the company, first-in-charge. He also became Chairman of the Board of China Wanbao Engineering Ltd. In 1999, Zhang began work for the China North Industries Group Corporation as a Vice-President. By April 2004 he was promoted to chief executive of North Industries. During this time he also earned a doctorate in economics from Tsinghua University. Between September and November 2001 he took part in an executive management course at Harvard Business School.

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