Early Life and Education
Zhang Qingwei was born in Jilin City, Jilin Province on 7 November 1961, but is considered a native of his ancestral home of Laoting County, Hebei Province by Chinese convention. His family later moved to Tangshan, Hebei.
Zhang studied at the aircraft department of Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province from September 1978 to August 1982, majoring in aircraft design. After graduation he was assigned to No. 603 Research Institute of the Ministry of Aerospace Industry, designing aircraft tails. Within three years he became the leader of a team that developed the FBC-1 fighter-bomber that is still in use by the People's Liberation Army Air Force.
In 1985 Zhang returned to NPU to continue his studies, and received a Master of Engineering degree in aircraft control in 1988.
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