Zhang Jingtang

Zhang Jingtang
Chinese: 张敬堂
Deputy Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Zhejiang Provincial Committee
In office
1983–1994
First Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Hangzhou Municipal Committee
In office
1983–1985
Preceded byWang Ziqi
Succeeded byLi Jinming
Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Lishui Prefectural Committee
Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Jiaxing Prefectural Committee
Personal details
BornDecember 1911 (1911-12)
Tai'an County, Shandong, Qing China
DiedOctober 4, 2012(2012-10-04) (aged 100)
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
PartyChinese Communist Party (since July 1938)

Zhang Jingtang (Chinese: 张敬堂; December 1911 – October 4, 2012) was a Chinese politician who served as deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Zhejiang Provincial Committee and vice chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial Advisory Commission. A veteran revolutionary who joined the Communist movement during the Second Sino-Japanese War, he held numerous leadership positions in Zhejiang following the establishment of the People's Republic of China, including Party secretary of Jiaxing, Party secretary of Lishui, First Secretary of the CCP Hangzhou Municipal Committee, and secretary of the provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.[1]

Biography

Zhang was born in Tai'an County, Shandong, in December 1911. He joined the revolutionary movement in November 1937 and became a member of the Chinese Communist Party in July 1938.[2]

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Zhang served in the Shandong Western People's Self-Defense Corps, where he successively became a squad leader and platoon commander. He later studied at the Military and Political Cadre and Workers' School of the CCP Shandong Bureau before serving as minister of workers' affairs and secretary of the mass organizations committee of the Ludong Special Committee. He subsequently held a number of political and organizational posts in the Binhai Border Region, including member of the regional mass organizations committee, president of the regional mass organizations federation, minister of the civil mobilization department of the Binhai Prefectural Committee, and secretary of the CCP Juxian County Committee.[3]

After 1949, Zhang was transferred to Zhejiang, where he successively served as deputy secretary of the CCP Jiaxing Municipal Committee, head of a provincial work team, secretary of the CCP Hang County Committee, secretary of the CCP Lishui Prefectural Committee, deputy director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Agriculture, director of the Zhejiang Provincial Supply and Marketing Cooperative, director of the Provincial Department of Agriculture, deputy director of the CCP Zhejiang Rural Work Department, secretary of the Secretariat of the Jiaxing Prefectural Committee, deputy secretary-general of the Chinese Communist Party Zhejiang Provincial Committee, and again secretary of the CCP Lishui Prefectural Committee.[4]

During the Cultural Revolution, Zhang was persecuted and sent to perform manual labor at a cadre school in the Lishui area. He returned to public office in September 1971 and subsequently served as deputy secretary and later secretary of the CCP Jiaxing Prefectural Committee.[5] He was later promoted to member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Zhejiang Provincial Committee, deputy secretary of the provincial committee, secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, and concurrently First Secretary of the CCP Hangzhou Municipal Committee.[6] He subsequently served as deputy secretary of the provincial committee and vice chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial Advisory Commission until his retirement in February 1994.[7]

Zhang died in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, on October 4, 2012, at the age of 100.[8]

References

  1. ↑ 丽水地区志 (in Chinese). 浙江人民出版社. 1993. p. 478. ISBN 978-7-213-00906-8. Retrieved 2026-07-27.
  2. ↑ 中国人民解放军高级将领传 (in Chinese). 解放军出版社. 2007. p. 13. ISBN 978-7-5065-5284-4. Retrieved 2026-07-27.
  3. ↑ 廖盖隆; 罗竹风; 范源 (1990). 中囯人名大辞典 (in Chinese). 上海辞书出版社. p. 1241. Retrieved 2026-07-27.
  4. ↑ 程超 (1989). 浙江 "文革" 纪事: 1966.5-1976.10 (in Chinese). 《浙江方志》编辑部. p. 21. Retrieved 2026-07-27.
  5. ↑ 浙江省中国共产党志 (in Chinese). 浙江人民出版社. 2007. p. 234. ISBN 978-7-213-03500-5. Retrieved 2026-07-27.
  6. ↑ 浙江省情概要 (in Chinese). 浙江人民出版社. 1986. p. 27. Retrieved 2026-07-27.
  7. ↑ 嘉兴市志 (in Chinese). 中国书籍出版社. 1997. p. 681. ISBN 978-7-5068-0663-3. Retrieved 2026-07-27.
  8. ↑ "他接替康生的儿子，担任杭州市委书记，67岁担任浙江省委副书记_手机网易网". www.163.com. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
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