Zhang Yumin

In 1944, Zhang graduated from the associated high school of Hujiang University in Shanghai and subsequently joined the Shanghai YMCA. In May 1945, he affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party and commenced his activities within the clandestine organization. He participated in progressive groups including the United Association of Christian Youth Student Groups in Shanghai, the Shanghai Branch of the New Music Society, the Church Choir, Private Guanghua University, and Fudan University.^[1] In July 1947, he was designated as a member of the clandestine Party General Branch Committee at Fudan University.^[2] In August 1948, Zhang was appointed Secretary of the CCP Student Work Committee in Suzhou, Jiangsu. In February 1949, he joined the clandestine Party within the Shanghai Students' Federation and assumed the role of chairman upon Shanghai's liberation in May 1949.^[3]

In May 1950, Zhang held the position of Deputy Director of the Student Department of the East China Working Committee of the Communist Youth League and Chairman of the East China Student Federation.^[4] In October 1951, he was assigned to Fujian Province, where he held various positions, including Director of the School Department and the Children's Department of the Fujian Provincial Youth League Committee, as well as Standing Committee Member and Deputy Secretary. He attended the Central Youth School of the Soviet Communist Youth League from September 1956 to October 1957.^[5]

In June 1964, he was elected to the 9th Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and in September of same year, he became a member of the Fujian Provincial People's Committee. During the Cultural Revolution, he was harassed and assigned to physical labor in Qingshui Commune in Yong'an and the construction farm in Zhao'an. In August 1975, he assumed the roles of Deputy Director of the Revolutionary Committee and Deputy Leader of the Party Core Group at Xiamen Fisheries College.^[6] In July 1979, he held the positions of Acting Party Secretary, Party Secretary, and Acting President of the college consecutively.^[7]

In January 1982, Zhang was designated Deputy Secretary-General of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee and became a member of the Executive Meeting of the General Office. In July of that year, he was elevated to the position of member of the Standing Committee and Secretary-General of the Fujian Provincial Committee. In August 1986, he assumed the role of Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission while also serving as President of the Fujian Radio and Television University.^[8]

In January 1988, Zhang was designated Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial People's Congress.^[9] Commencing in November 1993, he sequentially occupied the positions of Deputy Director, Executive Deputy Director, Director, and Honorary Director of the Fujian Provincial Working Committee for Government Organs. He concluded his career in December 1998.^[10]

Zhang Yumin died in Fuzhou, Fujian, on January 22, 2016, at the age of 89.^[11]