Zhang Qingwei

Zhang Qingwei
张庆伟
Zhang in 2018
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 March 2023
Chairman	Zhao Leji
Communist Party Secretary of Hunan
In office 18 October 2021 – 14 March 2023
Deputy	Mao Weiming (governor)
Preceded by	Xu Dazhe
Succeeded by	Shen Xiaoming
Chairman of Hunan Provincial People's Congress
In office 19 January 2022 – 28 March 2023
Preceded by	Xu Dazhe
Communist Party Secretary of Heilongjiang
In office 1 April 2017 – 18 October 2021
Deputy	Lu Hao→Wang Wentao (governor)
Preceded by	Wang Xiankui
Succeeded by	Xu Qin
Governor of Hebei
In office 10 January 2012 – 1 April 2017
Party Secretary	Zhou Benshun Zhao Kezhi
Preceded by	Chen Quanguo
Succeeded by	Xu Qin
Chairperson of Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense
In office 30 August 2007 – 15 March 2008
Premier	Wen Jiabao
Preceded by	Zhang Yunchuan
Succeeded by	Chen Qiufa
Personal details
Born	(1961-11-07) 7 November 1961 (age 62) Jilin City, Jilin, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Northwestern Polytechnical University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	张庆伟
Traditional Chinese	張慶偉
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāng Qìngwěi

Zhang Qingwei (Chinese: 张庆伟; born 7 November 1961) is a Chinese politician, business executive, and aerospace engineer, who is a vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. He was formerly the Communist Party Secretary of Hunan, the Communist Party Secretary of Heilongjiang, Governor of Hebei, and chairperson of the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND). Prior to his government career he was president of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and chairman of Comac, an aerospace manufacturer.^[1][2][3]

Zhang was well known for his work for military contractors, and headed the team that designed and constructed the Xian JH-7 "flying leopard" combat aircraft. He was also the deputy leader of the project to send a Chinese man into space, and the leader of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, Chang'e 1. In 2009, Zhang was named one of China's 40 most powerful people by BusinessWeek.^[4][5]