Zhang Delin

Zhang Delin is a Chinese politician who served as party secretary of Chongqing from 1995 to 1999. He was a member of the 15th and 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography

Zhang was born in Beijing, in August 1939. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in June 1964. In 1958, he entered Tsinghua University, majoring in the Mechanical Department. After University in 1964, he taught at Beijing Institute of Machinery.
In 1965, he joined the faculty of Gansu University of Technology. He moved up the ranks to become vice president in October 1980 and president in June 1983.
In October 1985, he became party secretary of Harbin Boiler Plant. He was elevated to executive deputy secretary of Harbin in June 1987, and was chosen as mayor in February 1990.
He was in March 1991 and in May 1993.
He was appointed party secretary of Chongqing in October 1995 and was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Sichuan Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. When Chongqing was upgraded to a direct-controlled municipality in June 1997, his position at provincial-ministerial level.
In June 1999, he was transferred to Beijing and appointed deputy party secretary of the, a post he kept until February 2005, when he was chosen as vice chairperson of the Proposal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.