Zhang Rongsuo

Zhang Rongsuo (born 1956, Huixian) is a Chinese Communist Party member. He was a deputy to the 10th National People's Congress (2003 - 2008). Zhang has received accolades for his development of rural infrastructure and for being a hero to Chinese workers. In 2002, Zhang received an inaugural Touching China Annual Person of the Year Award. In private life, Zhang was active in the coal mining and transport industries.

Personal life Zhang was born in Huilong village, Huixian, Henan in 1956. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army in 1975 and was discharged in 1980. Zhang gained wealth through his work in the coal mining and transportation industries.

Public service

Zhang became Party Secretary of Huilong village, Huixian in 1993. Due to the village's local terrain of high cliffs and mountains, electricity power supply to Huilong was delayed. Zhang organised local labor to install concrete power poles across 5 km of Laoyeding mountain at an altitude of 1,700 m. In February 1994, Huilong was connected to the power grid.

In 2003, Zhang was elected to the National People's Congress.