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 Highlight
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.Recent Career Data
| 2002—2007 | Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 1999—???? | Member, State Academic Degrees Committee | |
| 1999—???? | President, Chinese Medical Association | |
| 1999—???? | Honorary Vice President, Red Cross Society of China | |
| 1998—2003 | Minister, Ministry of Health | |
| 1998—???? | Deputy Director, CPC, Central Committee, Central Health Committee | |
| 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 |
