Zhang Qingwei, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Zhang Qingwei

Governor of Hebei province

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1961

Place of Birth: Jilin City, Jilin, China

Profession: businessperson, engineer, politician, aerospace engineer

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Zhang Qingwei (Chinese: ???; born 7 November 1961) is a Chinese politician, business executive, and aerospace engineer.
He is the Communist Party Secretary of Heilongjiang, former Governor of Hebei, and former chairman of the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND).
Prior to his government career he was president of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and chairman of Comac, an aerospace manufacturer.Zhang was well known for his work for military contractors, and headed the team that designed and constructed the Xian JH-7 "flying leopard" combat aircraft.
He was also the deputy leader of the project to send a Chinese man into space, and the leader of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, Chang'e 1.
In 2009, Zhang was named one of China's 40 most powerful people by BusinessWeek.