Hong Kong media reported that Zhang Zhigong, the original inspector of the General Bureau of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, died on Saturday (June 10) in Beijing.Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan and Xi Jinping's mother were sent to the circle to pay attention.
According to the Singao Daily (June 12), Zhang Zhigong died in Beijing on June 5th at the age of 96. The farewell ceremony was held on Saturday in the Lan Lan Hall in the Babaoshan Funeral Hall in Beijing.
It is reported that Zhang Zhigong has long served as Xi Jinping's father Xi Zhongxun's secretary, and was called "Uncle Zhang" by Xi Jinping as his family.
The report quoted a lot of wreaths around the Lingtang.Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan and Xi Jinping's mother were together, Xi Jinping's sister Qi Qiaoqiao, Qi Anan, brother Xi Yuanping, and Xi Zhongxun's sister Xi Yanying were sent to the wreath respectively.
Zhang Zhigong was born in November 1927, from Shaanxi County, Henan Province.From 1950 to 1962, Secretary of the Northwest Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Central Propaganda Department, the Government Council, and the State Council's Secretary Xi Zhongxun joined the Communist Party of China in 1959.After the Cultural Revolution, he served as Secretary Xi Zhongxun in the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and the Central Office.In September 2019, the medical expenses were reimbursed according to the deputy province (ministry) standards.
Zhang Zhigong wrote and published unforgettable 20 years in 2014 -during the days of working around Xi Zhongxun, he recorded Xi Zhongxun's work and life from the early years to reform and opening up.
He wrote in the book: "In 20 years, he is my head, a good secretary in my mind, and my good teacher and friend. We have established the affection of revolution.A child has kindly called my uncle Zhang since he was a child. When he grows up, he still calls my uncle, dear as a family. "
