Zhang Mingqi (jurist)
Zhang Mingqi (张鸣起) | |
|---|---|
| Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions | |
| In office 2007–2011 | |
| Deputy Director of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the 12th National People's Congress | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 1953 (age 72) Longkou, Shandong, China |
| Party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma mater | Southwest University of Political Science and Law |
Zhang Mingqi (Chinese: 张鸣起; born October 1953) is a Chinese politician and legal scholar. He formerly served as vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and as deputy director of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the 12th National People's Congress. He holds a master's degree in law and a doctorate in management, and currently serves as president of the China Social Law Society and the Cross-Strait Relations Law Society.[1]
Biography
Zhang Mingqi was born in Longkou, Shandong Province, in October 1953. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in July 1977 and began working in August 1973. He studied law at the Southwest University of Political Science and Law from 1978 to 1982 after several years working as a factory laborer in Huang County, Shandong. In 1982, Zhang entered the Ministry of Justice, where he served in the Secretariat of the General Office. He was promoted through the ranks and became a division-level and later bureau-level secretary between 1986 and 1990. From 1990 to 1994, he worked in the National People's Congress Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee, serving as director of the Second Division and deputy director of the Judicial Affairs Office.[2]
Zhang joined the staff of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission in 1994, first as deputy director and later director of its General Office. While holding these posts, he attended advanced cadre training programs at the People's Public Security University of China and the Central Party School. Between 2000 and 2003, he served concurrently as executive deputy director of the Office of the Central Committee for Comprehensive Management of Public Security and director of the commission's Comprehensive Management Inspection Office.[2]
In 2003, Zhang was appointed a member of the Secretariat of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) and later served as head of the federation's discipline inspection group from 2005 to 2007. He was promoted to vice chairman of the ACFTU in 2007, continuing in the federation's leading bodies until 2011. Zhang became deputy secretary of the Secretariat of the ACFTU in January 2011. On 16 March 2013, he was appointed deputy director of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the 12th National People's Congress.[3]
He has served as a member of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and as a member of the Central Committee for Comprehensive Management of Public Security. Zhang has also been a delegate to the National People's Congress and a member of its Standing Committee.[4][5]
References
- ^ "中国法学会副会长兼秘书长张鸣起做客南强学术讲座-厦门大学法学院". 厦门大学法学院 (in Chinese). 2023-12-27. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
- ^ a b "全国总工会新当选的领导机构成员简历". 新闻中心首页_新浪网 (in Chinese). 2003-09-26. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
- ^ "中华全国总工会现任领导". 中华全国总工会 (in Chinese). 2007-12-20. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
- ^ "光荣与梦想——我所知道的西政七八级同学". 中国新闻创新网 (in Chinese). 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
- ^ "这位敢言的法学家，隐居了". 中国新闻周刊 (in Chinese). 2025-12-10. Retrieved 2025-12-11.