Compiled from the following sources:
Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006
Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 6/29/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/22/2007
Zhang Xuedong 张学东
Standing Committee Member of the 9th NPC
Born: 1934
Birthplace: Hunan Province, Huarong County
Biography Highlight
Zhang Xuedong, male, Han nationality, is a native of Huarong, Hunan Province. He was born in 1934 and joined the CPC in 1956. He graduated from the Radio Engineering Faculty of Beijing Engineering Institute in 1960.Zhang spent 12 years after graduating from the Beijing Engineering Institute engaged in technical research concerning radar equipment with the 3rd, 4th, and 6th Ministries of Machine-Building Industry. He then worked as director of the Changjiang Machinery Plant, where he remained from 1975 to 1982.
Zhang became Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Electronic Industry in 1982 and subsequently became involved as the president of the 1st Chinese Electronics Enterprise Management Association. His ministry position next led him to assume Vice-Minister responsibilities at the Ministry of Machinery and Electronics Industry.
In 1993, he was made Vice-Chairman of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. He spent five years at the commission, until 1998. That year, he became a standing committee member and member of the financial and economic committee of the 9th NPC.
Recent Career Data
| 1998—2003 | Member, 9th Standing Committee of the NPC | |
| 1998—2003 | Member, 9th Financial and Economic Affairs Committee of the NPC | |
| 1993—1998 | Vice-Minister, State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) | |
| 1992—1997 | Delegate, 13th CPC, National Congress | |
| 1987—1992 | Delegate, 13th CPC, National Congress | |
| 1956 | Joined, CPC |
