Zhang Xiuzhu
Chinese politician
Zhang Xiuzhu (Chinese: 张修竹; March 1916 – July 9, 1996) was a Chinese politician. He served as vice minister of the Ministry of State Farms, deputy director of the State Farms Administration, and member of the Secretariat of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU).
Biography
Zhang was born in Wendeng, Shandong, in 1916. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in July 1935 and soon became active in underground revolutionary work in Jiaodong. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he served as county party secretary in Huang County, head of the fishermen's anti-Japanese work teams in Penglai, Huang County, and Yexian, and director of the workers' department of the Jiaodong North and South Sea regional committees.
In 1940 he went to Yan'an, studying at the Marxism–Leninism Institute, the Central Party School, and the central training classes for enemy-occupied areas. He was elected a delegate to the CCP's 7th National Congress in 1945 and became a member of the preparatory committee for the workers' congress in the liberated areas.
After the war, Zhang worked in Northeast China. He held posts including organization section chief in the military industry department of the Northeast Bureau, political commissar of Factory No. 8, secretary of the Daowai District Committee in Harbin, and chairman of the Harbin Federation of Trade Unions.
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