Zhang Bairu

He became a member of the Chinese Communist Party in February 1974. He began his career as a sent-down youth and production team leader in Huashan Township, Jingdong County, Simao Prefecture, Yunnan. In 1977, he transitioned into youth and media work, serving successively as an editor at the county broadcast station, deputy secretary and later secretary of the county's Communist Youth League committee, and a member of the county Party committee. He later served as deputy secretary of the Youth League at the Simao Prefecture level and director of the local Young Pioneers Working Committee.^[1]

From 1983 to 1985, Zhang studied at the Central Youth League School and afterward became Secretary of the Simao Prefectural Youth League Committee. He concurrently served as Deputy Secretary of the CPC Committee in Menglian County. From 1989 onward, Zhang moved into governmental and Party affairs, holding posts including Party Secretary and Director of the Simao Prefectural Labor Bureau, Executive Deputy Director and Director of the Prefectural Organization Department, and member and Deputy Secretary of the Prefectural Party Committee. During this period, he also served as Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, Director of the Comprehensive Social Management Committee, and President of the Party School.^[2]

In 2001, Zhang was appointed Party Secretary of the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and First Secretary of the Prefectural Military Subdistrict Party Committee. In 2004, he became Vice Minister (departmental level) of the Organization Department of the CPC Yunnan Provincial Committee, and later its Executive Vice Minister.^[3] From 2008 onward, he concurrently served as Chairman of the Yunnan Federation of Trade Unions. In 2013, he was elected Vice Chairman and Party Leadership Group Member of the Standing Committee of the Yunnan Provincial People's Congress, later promoted to Executive Vice Chairman and Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group.^[4]

In 2019, Zhang took on national responsibilities, serving as Deputy Leader of the First and Second Central Supervision Teams for the "Remain True to Our Original Aspiration, Keep Our Mission Firmly in Mind" thematic education campaign. Since August 2020, he has been serving as Director of the Yunnan Provincial Committee for the Care of the Next Generation and President of the Association for Promoting Respect for the Elderly and Affection for the People.^[5]