Zhang Naiqi (; 1897–1977) was a Chinese politician who served as Minister of Food between 1952 and 1957. He was one of the founders of the

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Biography

Zhang was born in

Qingtian County Qingtian (), is a county in southeastern Zhejiang Province, on the middle-lower reaches of the Ou River which flows 388 kilometers (241 mi) before finally reaching the city of Wenzhou and emptying into the East China Sea. The county is known ...

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, during the late

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

, on 4 March 1897. Zhang joined the Xinhai Revolution Army in 1911. In 1913, Zhang attended Hangzhou Provincial School of Business (), after graduating, he worked in Zhejiang Industry Bank. In 1927, Zhang set up a magazine named ''New Review'' (). He wrote articles supporting the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

party. In 1935, Zhang Naiqi and Ma Xiangbo found the Shanghai Cultural of National Salvation Association (). In November 1936, Zhang was arrested by the Nationalist Government. During the

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(1937 – 1945), Zhang was released. Zhang served as the chief of

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Treasury Department. After 1945, Zhang and

Huang Yanpei Huang Yanpei (; 1 October 1878 – 21 December 1965) was a Chinese educator, writer, and politician. He was a founding pioneer of the China Democratic League. Life Huang was born in Neishidi, Chuansha, Jiangsu (now part of Pudong, Shanghai) duri ...

found the

. In 1949, Zhang went to Beijing and served as an adviser to the

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. In 1952, Zhang served as the head of the Food Department of the People's Republic of China. Zhang,

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in which he served as the vice chairman. From 1949 to 1954, he was the Government Administration Council of the Central People's Government member. In 1957, Zhang Naiqi along with

Zhang Bojun Zhang Bojun (; November 17, 1895 – May 17, 1969) was a Chinese politician and intellectual, and was removed from his ministerial position in the late 1950s after being declared "China's number one rightist." Biography Zhang graduated from the ...

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and

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were classified as

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. On 8 June 1957, Zhang was removed from his posts and persecuted. On 13 May 1977, Zhang died of illness in a Beijing Hospital basement. Zhang Naiqi's memory was rehabilitated by

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in 1980.

Personal life

Zhang Naiqi married four times during his life and had 8 children. He had five children (three sons and two daughters) by Wang Jing'e (), one daughter by Hu Ziying (), one daughter by Jiang Yan (), and one son by Sun Caiping (). By Jiang Jing'e: * daughter Zhang Xianghua () * son Zhang Yijun () * daughter Zhang Wan () By Hu Ziying: * daughter Zhang Xianggu () By Jiang Yan: * daughter Dong Shuping () By Sun Caiping: * son

Zhang Lifan Zhang Lifan (, born July 1950), is a Chinese writer, scholar and historian. Biography Zhang's father, Zhang Naiqi (), was one of the founders of the China National Democratic Association, Zhang's mother is Zhang Caiping (). Zhang spent his child ...

References

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