Zhang Qingwei
| Zhang Qingwei | |
|---|---|
| 张庆伟 | |
| Governor of Hebei Province | |
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Assumed office August 2011 |
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| Party Secretary | Zhou Benshun; Zhao Kezhi |
| Preceded by | Chen Quanguo |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 November 1961 Jilin City, Jilin, China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater | Northwestern Polytechnical University |
Zhang Qingwei (Chinese: 张庆伟; born 7 November 1961) is a Chinese politician, business executive, and aerospace engineer. He is the governor and deputy Communist Party Secretary of Hebei Province and former chairman 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.
In 2009 Zhang was named one of China's 40 most powerful people by BusinessWeek.
Zhang Qingwei 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.
Zhang studied at the aircraft department of Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province 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.
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