Jiang Zhuping (; born November 1937) is a retired Chinese

aerospace engineer Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft. It has two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Avionics engineering is s ...

and politician. He served as Director of the

Civil Aviation Administration of China The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC; ) is the Chinese civil aviation authority under the Ministry of Transport. It oversees civil aviation and investigates aviation accidents and incidents. As the aviation authority responsible f ...

and Governor and

Communist Party Secretary A Party Committee Secretary () is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization in a province, city, village, or other administrative unit. In most cases, it is the ''de facto'' highest political office of its area of jurisdictio ...

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The p ...

Province.

Biography

Jiang Zhuping was born in November 1937 in

Yixing Yixing () is a county-level city administrated under the prefecture-level city of Wuxi in southern Jiangsu province, China, and is part of the Yangtze River Delta. The city is known for its traditional Yixing clay ware tea pots. It is a pene-exc ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with it ...

Province. He is the son of Jiang Nanxiang, who served as education minister of China. He joined the work force in 1956 and the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Ci ...

in 1960. He graduated in 1963 from the

Harbin Military Engineering Institute Harbin Engineering University (HEU; ) was founded in 1953 in Harbin, China. It offers more than 150-degree programs, 48 of which are conducted in English. Designated a Double First Class University and a former Project 211 university, HEU is ...

with a degree in Guided Missile Engineering. After graduation Jiang worked as an engineer at the No. 5 National Defense Institute, and later became deputy director of the aircraft design institute of the Nanchang Aircraft Factory in

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

and party secretary of a division of the Ministry of Aerospace Industry. In 1985 he was appointed Executive Vice-Governor of Jiangxi Province, and in 1988 he became concurrently Deputy Party Secretary of Jiangxi. He served in both positions until 1991. From February 1991 to December 1993 he served as Director of the

. He then served as Governor of

Province from 1995 to January 2001, and as

of Hubei from December 2000 to December 2001. Jiang was a member of the 14th and the 15th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jiang, Zhuping 1937 births Living people Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu People from Yixing Governors of Hubei Vice-governors of Jiangxi Directors of the Civil Aviation Administration of China Harbin Engineering University alumni Chinese aerospace engineers Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Engineers from Jiangsu Politicians from Wuxi