Zhang Delin (Chinese: 张德邻; born August 1939) 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.^[1] He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[2]

Biography

Zhang was born in Beijing, in August 1939.^[3] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1964.^[3] In 1958, he entered Tsinghua University, majoring in the Mechanical Department.^[3] After University in 1964, he taught at Beijing Institute of Machinery.^[3]

In 1965, he joined the faculty of Gansu University of Technology (now Lanzhou University of Technology).^[3] He moved up the ranks to become vice president in October 1980 and president in June 1983.^[3]

In October 1985, he became party secretary of Harbin Boiler Plant.^[3] He was elevated to executive deputy secretary of Harbin in June 1987, and was chosen as mayor in February 1990.^[3]

He was vice minister of machinery and electronics industry [zh] in March 1991 and vice minister of machine-building industry [zh] in May 1993.^[3]

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.^[3] When Chongqing was upgraded to a direct-controlled municipality in June 1997, his position at provincial-ministerial level.^[3][4]

In June 1999, he was transferred to Beijing and appointed deputy party secretary of the Working Committee of State Organs of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party [zh], 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.^[3]

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