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Biography

Zhang Xuwu, male, Han nationality, is a native of Nantong, Jiangsu Province. He graduated from the Textile Engineering Faculty of Nantong College in 1950.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Zhang ascended the ranks of government at a very rapid rate. After becoming an engineer with the Textile Research Institute of Nantong City in 1979, Zhang became deputy director of the Nantong City Textile Industrial Bureau the following year . In 1981, he was made vice-mayor of Nantong Municipality. Two year later, he was Vice-Governor of Jiangsu Province.

Zhang also has ties to the China International Trust and Investment Corporation. He was deputy general manager of the corporation and later served as their chief supervisor.

In 1993, he was elected vice-chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce Executive Committee. He was re-elected vice-chairman of the committee in 1997.