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: 1/9/2007
Career Data Updated: 7/10/2007
Zhang Wentai 张文台
Member of the 16th CPC Central Committee
Born: 1940
Birthplace: Shandong Province, Jiaozhou
Biography Highlight
Zhang Wentai, male, Han nationality, is a native of Jiaozhou, Shandong province. He was born in 1940, joined the PLA in 1958 and joined the CPC in 1960. Zhang was conferred to the rank of major general in 1988, and promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 1995. Zhang has held leading posts in the 54th Group Army of the PLA, including political commissar until 2002. He was appointed political commissar of the general logistics department in 2002.Recent Career Data
| 2002—2007 | Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 2002— | Political Commissar, PLA, General Logistics Department | |
| 2002— | Deputy Secretary, PLA, General Logistics Department CPC, Party Committee | |
| 1999—2002 | Secretary, PLA, Regions, Jinan Military Region CPC, Party Committee Shandong Province, Jinan City | |
| 1999—2002 | Political Commissar, PLA, Regions, Jinan Military Region Shandong Province, Jinan City | |
| 1996—1998 | Student, CPC, Central Committee, Central Party School | |
| 1995— | Lieutenant General, PLA | |
| 1988—1995 | Major General, PLA | |
| 1985—1993 | Political Commissar, PLA, Services and Arms, Army (or Ground Force), Corps Command | |
| 1981—1983 | Political Commissar, PLA, Regions, Jinan Military Region, Fielding Division |
