China Vitae : Biography of Zhang Wenkang

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

Zhongguo Gongchandang Lijie Zhongyang Weiyuan Dacidian, 1921-2003
Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi chubanshe 2004

Revision History:

Biography Revised: 6/22/2004
Career Data Updated: 1/9/2007

Zhang Wenkang 张文康

Member of the 16th CPC Central Committee, Former Minster of Health

Born: 1940

Birthplace: Shanghai Municipality

Biography

Zhang Wenkang, male, Han nationality, was born in Shanghai in 1940. He graduated from medical school in Shanghai in 1962 and joined the CPC in 1966. During the next 25 years, he worked in various medical and administrative capacities in PLA affiliated schools and units, including deputy director and deputy Party secretary of the PLA Health Department.

Zhang served as vice-minister of the Ministry of Health and director of the state body concerned with traditional Chinese medicine during from 1993 to 1998. Before being appointed health minister in 1998, he headed several groups dealing with reagent certification, pharmaceuticals, and narcotics.

Zhang was elected president of the Chinese Medical Association in April 1999 and as honorary vice-president of the Chinese Red Cross in October 1999. He was a member of the 15th CPC Central Committee and is a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee.

Career Data

2002—2007	Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
1999—????	Honorary Vice President, Red Cross Society of China
1999—????	President, Chinese Medical Association
1999—????	Member, State Academic Degrees Committee
1998—????	Deputy Director, CPC, Central Committee, Central Health Committee
1998—2003	Minister, Ministry of Health
1997—????	Deputy Head, National Group for Narcotics Control
1997—2002	Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1995—????	(Honorary Chairman, Council of China Pharmaceutical University)
1994—????	Chairman, Chinese Commission of Certification of Medicine and Chemical Reagents
1993—1998	Vice-Minister, Ministry of Health
1993—1998	Vice-Minister, Ministry of Health
1993—1998	Director, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine
1990—1993	Deputy Director, PLA, General Logistics Department, Health Department
1990—1993	Deputy Secretary, PLA, General Logistics Department, Health Department CPC, Party Committee
1988—	Major General, PLA
1983—1990	Director, No. 2 Medical University of the Chinese PLA, Training Department
1983—1990	Vice-President, No. 2 Medical University of the Chinese PLA
1978—1983	Associate Professor, No. 2 Medical University of the Chinese PLA, Diving Physiology Department
1978—1983	Lecturer, No. 2 Medical University of the Chinese PLA, Diving Physiology Department
1966	Joined, CPC
1962—1978	Teaching Assistant, No. 2 Medical University of the Chinese PLA, Diving Physiology Department
1962	Joined, PLA
1962	Graduate, Shanghai Medical College, Medical Treatment Department