Zhang Rongqiao

Zhang Rongqiao (; born March 1966) is a Chinese physicist and aerospace engineer who is the chief designer of Tianwen-1, China's first mission to Mars.

Biography Zhang was born in the town of , Qimen County, Huangshan, Anhui province in March 1966. He secondary studied at Qimen No.1 High School. In 1984, he was accepted to Xidian University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1988. In 1991, he graduated from China Academy of Space Technology with a Master of Engineering. On May 30, 2021, he was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the China Association for Science and Technology.

Zhang was included in a list of ten scientists who had had important roles in scientific developments in 2021 compiled by the scientific journal Nature.

In October 2022, Zhang was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party on the 20th Party Congress.

In 2023, Zhang was elected as an academician to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.