Zhang Chunxian
| Zhang Chunxian | |
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| 张春贤 | |
| Communist Party Secretary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region | |
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In office April 2010 – August 2016 |
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| Deputy |
Nur Bekri (2010–14) Shohrat Zakir (2014–16) |
| Preceded by | Wang Lequan |
| Succeeded by | Chen Quanguo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 1953 (age 63) Yuzhou, Henan, China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Zhang Chunxian | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张春贤 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 張春賢 | ||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhāng Chūnxián |
Zhang Chunxian (born May 1953) is a Chinese politician and a current member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China. Between 2010 and 2016, he served as the Communist Party Secretary for the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and the Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. From 2005 to 2010 he was the Party Secretary of Hunan Province.
Originally from Yuzhou, Henan province, Zhang joined the military at the age of 17. After four years in the army, he went back to his hometown to work on a farm. He then went to school at the Northeastern Heavy Machinery Institute (now Yanshan University). After graduating, he obtained a state-assigned job at the No. 3 Machinery Ministry, working as an aerospace engineering technician. At a research institute under the ministry, Zhang quickly made a name for himself and rose through the ranks, eventually becoming leader of the institute. In 1991, he was identified as a young talent by the party organization. He was transferred to Beijing to work for the Ministry of Supervision, then was transferred to the China National Food and Packaging Machinery Corporation to serve as chief executive.
In August 1995, Zhang was sent to Yunnan province to become assistant to the governor, then vice-governor, overseeing science and technology. Two years later, Zhang headed back to Beijing to serve as deputy minister, and later minister, of transport from 1998 to 2005.
In 2005, Zhang became the Communist Party secretary of Hunan province. In 2006, Zhang simultaneously took on the role of chairman of the Hunan Provincial People's Congress. Zhang replaced Wang Lequan as secretary of the Communist Party of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in April 2010 and was replaced by Zhou Qiang in his role as secretary of the Communist Party and chairman of the provincial People's Congress. Zhang was credited with bringing bus rapid transit (BRT) to Urumqi's major thoroughfares, the construction of the Xinjiang International Convention Centre, and the resumption of internet connections in the region following a one-year long ban in the aftermath of the July 2009 Urumqi riots.
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