Zhang Shaoqin

Zhang Shaoqin
Chinese: 张少琴
Personal details
BornMay 1953 (age 72)
Xinjiang County, Shanxi, China
PartyChina Democratic National Construction Association
Alma materAuburn University
OccupationProfessor, Politician

Zhang Shaoqin (Chinese: 张少琴, born May 1953) is a Chinese professor and politician from Xinjiang County, Shanxi. He is a member of the China National Democratic Construction Association and has served in multiple high-ranking political and academic positions in China. Zhang has contributed to national governance, labor organizations, and overseas Chinese affairs through his work in the National People's Congress and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.[1][2]

Biography

Zhang Shaoqin began his career in 1972 as a worker in the surveying and design team of the Yuncheng Highway Section in Shanxi Province.[3] He studied engineering machinery at Taiyuan Heavy Machinery Institute from 1974 to 1977 and subsequently became a lecturer there until 1985, during which he was a visiting scholar at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology from 1983 to 1985. He served as director of the mechanics laboratory at Taiyuan Heavy Machinery Institute from 1985 to 1987.[4] He earned a doctoral degree in composite materials from Auburn University in the United States (1987–1989) and conducted postdoctoral research at Ohio State University from 1989 to 1990.[5]

Zhang then worked at the National Institute of Standards and Technology of Singapore as chief researcher, chief engineer, and deputy director of the Composite Materials Research Center from 1990 to 1997. Returning to China, he served in leadership roles at Taiyuan Heavy Machinery Institute, including assistant president, department director, and eventually president from 2000 to 2003.[6]

Entering public service, Zhang served as Vice Governor of Shanxi Province (2003–2008) and held leadership roles in the China National Democratic Construction Association at both the provincial and national levels.[7] From 2008 to 2013, he was Deputy Secretary-General of the National People's Congress Standing Committee and full-time vice chairman of the CDNCA. He concurrently held the position of vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions from 2013 to 2023. Between 2014 and 2023, Zhang also served as a member of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress, vice chairman of the Overseas Chinese Committee, and deputy chairman of the Committee for the Qualification Review of Deputies to the National People's Congress.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ 中华人民共和国年鉴 (in Chinese). 中国年鉴社. 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  2. ^ 常务委员会, China 全国人民代表大会 (2008). 中华人民共和国全国人民代表大会常务委员会公报 (in Chinese). 中华人民共和国全国人民代表大会常务委员会办公厅. p. 450. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  3. ^ 中共硏究 (in Chinese). 中共硏究雜誌社. 2007. p. 165. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  4. ^ 人大代表风采录: 山西卷 (in Chinese). 中国经济出版社. 2000. p. 244. ISBN 978-7-5017-3720-8. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  5. ^ 山西通志: 教育志. 第三十七卷 (in Chinese). 中华书局. 1999. p. 969. ISBN 978-7-101-02172-1. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  6. ^ 新中国留学归国学人大词典 (in Chinese). 湖北教育出版社. 1993. p. 795. ISBN 978-7-5351-1108-1. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  7. ^ 运城人物志 (in Chinese). Central Literature Publishing House. 2003. p. 202. ISBN 978-7-5073-1345-1. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  8. ^ 运城人物志 (in Chinese). Central Literature Publishing House. 2003. p. 202. ISBN 978-7-5073-1345-1. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  9. ^ "全国人大常委会任免名单 （2014年2月27日第十二届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第七次会议通过）". npc.people.com.cn (in Chinese). 28 February 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
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