Zhang Jingwu was Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Tibet Autonomous Region from March 1952 to September 1965.

[2][3] Zhang Jingwu was born in 1906 to a peasant family in Xiaguan Village, Shindu Township, Ling County, Hunan Province.

As a military liaison officer for the Red Army, Zhang Jingwu traveled to North China to conduct operations, during which he encountered Song Zheyuan, a member of the Jicha Political Affairs Committee and Chairman of the Hebei Provincial Government, as well as Han Fuju, Commander of the Third Group of the Kuomintang and Chairman of the Shandong Provincial Government, among others.

[9] In August 1938, Zhang Jingwu and Li Yu directed a contingent of twenty individuals from Yan'an to Shandong, where they integrated the local guerrilla forces to establish the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army, appointing Zhang Jingwu as the commanding officer and Li Yu as the political commissar.

[12] The Northwest Military Region, with Zhang Jingwu continuing as chief of staff, rebranded the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Jinsui-Jianzhu Joint Defense Force Area on February 1, 1949.

[13][14] Zhang Jingwu received his assignment to the Southwest Military Region on November 19, 1949, with the aim of easing the advance into Tibet.

In October, the Chinese Communist Party achieved victory in the Battle of Chamdo, in which he played a significant role in both the strategic deployment and leadership.

[15] Zhang Jingwu, representing the Central Government, participated in negotiations with Kashag delegates from April 29 to May 21, 1951, and formulated the parameters of the agreement.

On July 15, Zhang Jingwu accompanied the Dalai Lama in departing Lhasa, arriving in Beijing on September 4 to participate in the First National People's Congress.

On March 9, during the seventh plenary session of the State Council, Zhang Jingwu delivered a report on local affairs in Tibet.

On July 30, Chairman Mao Zedong designated Zhang Jingwu as the Director of the General Office of the President of the People's Republic of China, while also appointing him as the representative in Tibet and secretary of the Tibetan Work Committee.

[26] In the spring of 1967, Lin Biao and the Gang of Four unlawfully detained Zhang Jingwu, imposing the accusation of "counter-revolutionary in progress" upon him.