Zhang Guoying (; born March 1937) is a Chinese politician who served as chairwoman of Guangdong Provincial People's Congress from 2001 to 2003. She was a member of the

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and

14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 1992 to 1997. It held seven plenary sessions. It was preceded by the 13th Central Committee. It was elected by the 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party ...

. She was a representative of the

, 14th, and

15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party The 15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held in Beijing between September 12 and 18, 1997. It was preceded by the 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and was followed by the 16th National Congress of the ...

. She was a delegate to the

9th National People's Congress The 9th National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1998 to 2003 across five plenary sessions. It followed the final session of the 8th National People's Congress. There were 2,979 deputies to this Congress. Background This was the f ...

Biography

Zhang was born in

Dongguan County Dongguan,; pinyin: Postal map romanization, alternately Romanization of Cantonese, romanized via Cantonese as Tungkun, is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. An important industrial city in the Pearl River Delta, Dong ...

(now Dongguan),

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

, in March 1937. Zhang joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

(CCP) in December 1954. Zhang worked in Guangdong Provincial Posts and Telecommunications Administration from 1951 to 1957 and then Hainan Autonomous Prefecture Post and Telecommunications Bureau from 1957 to 1966. In 1966, she was appointed

deputy party secretary In modern Chinese politics, a Deputy Party Committee Secretary (; also translated as Deputy Party Secretary, deputy party chief, vice party chief) serves as the lieutenant to the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, and thus the depu ...

of Baoting County, she remained in that position until 1973, when she was transferred to

Renhua County Renhua County ( postal: Yanfa; ) is a county in the northernmost portion of Guangdong province, in China, bordering Jiangxi to the northeast and Hunan to the northwest. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shaoguan. Renhua ...

and appointed

party secretary In politics, a party secretary is a senior official within a political party with responsibility for the organizational and daily political work. In most parties, the party secretary is second in rank to the party leader (or party chairman). In s ...

. She was made deputy party secretary of Huiyang Prefecture (now Huiyang District of

Huizhou Huizhou ( zh, c= ) is a city in east-central Guangdong Province, China, forty-three miles north of Hong Kong. Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shenzhen and Dongguan to the southwest, Shaoguan to the north, Hey ...

) in 1982, but having held the position for only one year. In September 1983, Zhang was promoted to become first secretary of Secretariat of the

All-China Women's Federation The All-China Women's Federation (ACWF) is a women's rights people's organization established in China on 24 March 1949. It was originally called the All-China Democratic Women's Foundation, and was renamed the All-China Women's Federation in 195 ...

. Zhang was chosen as deputy party secretary of

in 1990. In January 1998, she became vice chairwoman of

Guangdong Provincial People's Congress The Guangdong Provincial People's Congress is the people's congress of Guangdong, a province of China. The Congress is elected for a term of five years. The Guangdong Provincial People's Congress meetings are held at least once a year. After a p ...

, rising to

chairwoman The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the gro ...

in February 2001.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhang, Guoying 1937 births Living people People from Dongguan People's Republic of China politicians from Guangdong Chinese Communist Party politicians from Guangdong Delegates to the 9th National People's Congress Members of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party