Zhang Qingwei

Quick Facts

Full Name	Zhang Qingwei
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Nov 7, 1961(1961-11-07)
Age	63
Birthplace	Jilin City
Country	China
Horoscope	Scorpio

Zhang Qingwei Biography

Zhang Qingwei is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on November 7, 1961 in Jilin City, China. Zhang was born 7th November 1961 in Jilin City, Jilin Province. However, he is still considered a native of Laoting County (Hebei province) by Chinese convention. His family moved to Tangshan in Hebei later.

Zhang was hired by the Ministry of Aerospace Industry in 1988. He later joined the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, the home of China’s Long March rocket. CALT was an exceptional place to work and Zhang was responsible for the 1990 launch of AsiaSat 1 for American company Hughes Satellite Systems. This was the first successful launch of a foreign satellite by the Long March rocket.

After the success with AsiaSat 1, Zhang was tasked with developing the Long March 2 rocket for China’s human spaceflight program (later called the Shenzhou program). He became the deputy director of CALT in 1996, and the vice-manager of the newly established China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) in 1999. In 2001 he was appointed president of CASC, and starting in February 2002 he concurrently served as deputy chief commander of the Shenzhou program. In October 2003 Shenzhou 5 completed China’s first ever human spaceflight mission, and two years later two more astronauts safely returned to earth after a five-day spaceflight on Shenzhou 6.

In August 2007 Zhang was appointed chairman of the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND), becoming one of the youngest persons to hold a minister-level post in China. He guided the merger of COSTIND with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in 2008. He also concurrently served as head of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program.

Zhang returned to NPU in 1985 to complete his studies and was awarded a Master’s degree in engineering in aircraft control.

Zhang Qingwei Net Worth

Zhang Qingwei is one of the richest Politician from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Zhang Qingwei 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Zhang Qingwei, Chinese: Zhang Qing Wei; born 7th November 1961, is a Chinese politician and business executive. He is the Communist Party Secretary of Heilongjiang, a former Governor of Hebei, and the former chairman of COSTIND, the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. Before he joined the government, he was president and CEO of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

Zhang studied in the aircraft department at Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi’an, September 1978 to August 1982. He majored in aircraft design. He was then assigned to the No. He was assigned to the 603 Research Institute of the Ministry of Aerospace Industry. This institute is responsible for designing tails for aircraft. He was the leader of the team that created the FBC-1 fighter bomber, which is still being used by the People’s Liberation Army Air Force.

Zhang joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in December 1992. In 2002, less than ten years after he joined the party, he was appointed to the 16th Central Committee of the CPC, the party’s top authority. At age 41 he was the youngest full member of the committee. He has subsequently been elected to full memberships of the 17th and 18th Central Committees.

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Zhang Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Zhang Qingwei celebrates birthday on November 7 of every year.