Zhang Tianmin (politician)

Zhang Tianmin
张天民
Personal details
BornApril 1914 (1914-04)
Pingyuan County, Shandong, China
DiedMarch 1997(1997-03-00) (aged 82)
China
PartyChinese Communist Party
OccupationPolitician, trade unionist

Zhang Tianmin (Chinese: 张天民; April 1914 – March 1997), born Han Qingshan (Chinese: 韩庆善) and also known as Han Yuanting, Han Liansheng, and Han Hongye, was a Chinese politician and trade union leader. A native of Pingyuan County, Shandong Province, he became active in revolutionary activities from his youth and later served in senior positions within the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU).[1]

Biography

Zhang joined the Communist Youth League of China in March 1927 while studying at the Pingyuan County Middle School, where he became the branch secretary. His activism led to his expulsion from school, after which he continued underground revolutionary work. In 1932, he joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Teng County.[2]

In 1933, Zhang became secretary of the CCP special branch in the Zibo coal mines, and by 1936 he was head of the Zibo Mining District Committee. Following the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, he took part in organizing workers’ resistance in Shandong.[3] In 1937, he was appointed secretary of the CCP Zibo Mining District Committee, directly under the Shandong Provincial Committee, and organized armed resistance groups that later merged into the Shandong Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.[4][5]

In 1939, Zhang went to Yan'an to study at the Central Party School and the Marxism–Leninism Institute. After the 7th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 1945, he held several positions in the northeast, including deputy director of logistics for the Jireliao Military Region, director of the Northeast Federation of Trade Unions’ Production Department, and head of the Northeast Liaison Office.[6]

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhang was appointed political commissar of the Fifth Division of the People's Volunteer Army's logistics units during the Korean War.[7] In 1954, he became chairman of the China Construction Workers' Union, and in 1962 he was named chairman of the Railway Workers' Union and secretary of the Secretariat of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.[8] In 1980, he was appointed advisor to the ACFTU, and he retired in 1983.[9]

Zhang died in March 1997 at the age of 83.[10]

References

  1. ^ 中共济南党史大事记, 1919.5-1949.9 (in Chinese). Chinese Communist Party History Press. 1991. p. 470. ISBN 978-7-80023-343-2. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
  2. ^ 淄川区志 (in Chinese). 齐魯书社. 1990. p. 606. ISBN 978-7-5333-0142-2. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
  3. ^ 新编中国工会百科全书 (in Chinese). 中国城市出版社. 2003. p. 521. ISBN 978-7-5074-1492-9. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
  4. ^ 淄博市出版局 (1984). 淄流滔滔 (in Chinese). 山东人民出版社. p. 53. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
  5. ^ 张立民 (2005). 淄博矿区斗争 (in Chinese). Chinese Communist Party History Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-7-80199-195-9. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
  6. ^ 廖盖隆; 罗竹风; 范源 (1990). 中囯人名大辞典 (in Chinese). 上海辞书出版社. p. 1155. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
  7. ^ 工会工作大百科 (in Chinese). 海洋出版社. 1992. p. 947. ISBN 978-7-5027-1409-3. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
  8. ^ 中国工会统计年鉴 (in Chinese). China Statistics Press. 1995. p. 365. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
  9. ^ 中国共产党组织史资料汇编: 领异机构沿革和成员名录(1大至14大) (in Chinese). 中共中央党校出版社. 1995. p. 1062. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
  10. ^ 张立民 (2005). 淄博矿区斗争 (in Chinese). Chinese Communist Party History Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-7-80199-195-9. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
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