Zhang Qiuqiao

Zhang Qiuqiao, born in September 1920 in Erjie Street, Juye Town, Juye County, Shandong Province, was the younger brother of Zhang Chunqiao.

In December 1937, he went to Yan’an with his elder brother and joined the Chinese Communist Party in March 1938. He studied at the Northern Shaanxi Public School, the stenography training class of the Central Propaganda Department, and the Party member training class of the Central Organization Department, later serving as a secretary in the Secretariat of the Central Organization Department and the Secretariat of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.

He once served as secretary to Marshal Luo Ronghuan. In November 1938, he accompanied the main forces of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army eastward to Shandong and participated in battles such as the “Lufang Breakout” in Feicheng, the Liangshan annihilation battle, and several anti-sweeping operations in western Shandong.

During the later years of the Anti-Japanese War and throughout the Chinese Civil War, he held positions such as editor-in-chief and reporters’ team leader of the 115th Division’s Warrior Newspaper, editor-in-chief of the Binhai Military Region’s Militia Newspaper, president of the Lunan Military Region’s Forward Newspaper, president of the Jinpu Frontline Edition, and propaganda minister of the Central South Shandong Military Region while also serving as president of the Vanguard Newspaper.

After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, he successively served as deputy editor-in-chief of the August First Magazine of the Central Military Commission, director of the reporters’ office, deputy editor-in-chief, and first deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the PLA Daily, and deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the General Political Department. In 1963, he was appointed deputy editor-in-chief of the PLA Daily, equivalent to the rank of deputy director of the General Political Department.

He retired at the end of 1984. After Zhang Chunqiao’s arrest, Zhang Qiuqiao was also subjected to isolation and investigation.