China vice premier zhang dejiang biography

Zhang Dejiang (张德江), born in November 1946, is a male ethnic Han from Tai'an, Liaoning Province. He entered the workforce in November 1968 and joined the Communist Party of China in January 1971. He graduated from the Department of Economics at Kim Il Sung University in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and has a university education.

He is currently a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC).

1968-1970 Educated youth, Taiping Brigade, Luozigou Commune, Wangqing County, Jilin Province

1970-1972 Administrative secretary, Publicity Group; and secretary, CYL Branch; of the Wangqing County Revolutionary Committee, Jilin Province

1972-1975 Student of Korean language, Department of Korean Language, Yanbian University

1975-1978 Deputy secretary, General Party Branch, Department of Korean Language; member, Standing Committe Liu yunshan!