The mother of Hong Huang, the wife of former foreign minister Qiao Guanhua, after the death of a generation of celebrity Zhang Hanzhi.

Zhang Hanzhi and Qiao Guanhua.

　　Zhang Hanzhi and his daughter Hong Huang.

　　Hong Huang quoted Zhang Mingtian’s elegiac couplet written for Zhang Hanzhi to summarize his mother’s life:

　　Have a deep feeling in your chest and never regret it after the storm.

　　The treasure of the country, a generation of celebrities laughed and talked about the spring and autumn period.

　　● Life of Zhang Hanzhi

　　Zhang Hanzhi is the adopted daughter of Zhang Shizhao, a famous patriotic Democrat in China, an English translator in Mao Zedong and the wife of Qiao Guanhua, a former diplomat. Born in Shanghai in 1935, he graduated from the English Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University in 1960.

　　In 1971, Zhang Hanzhi ended his 14-year teaching career and was personally assigned by Mao Zedong to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He said: "China needs female diplomats. I think you can, speak and write, and you are very courageous." In the diplomatic circles of China in 1970s, Zhang Hanzhi’s name was very resounding. She started as a clerk, climbed up the stairs through the section chief, deputy director and director, and climbed to the deputy director of the Asia Department-this was Zhang Hanzhi’s highest and last post in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Throughout the mid-1970s, Zhang Hanzhi, who was unusually active, made his mark in the diplomatic arena, and was praised by insiders as one of the "five golden flowers" in China’s diplomatic circles, which made him famous for a while. He has served as Director and Deputy Director of the Asia Department, and served as Deputy Representative of the China delegation at the United Nations General Assembly.

　　Zhang Hanzhi and Qiao Guanhua finally got married at the end of 1973, when Qiao Guanhua was 60 and Zhang Hanzhi was 38.

　　According to Zhang Hanzhi’s collection of recollections "Crossing the Thick Dahongmen", she was one of the outstanding diplomats in China in the 1970s. In the early 1970s, she participated in the talks on establishing diplomatic relations between China and the United States, and participated in Nixon’s visit to China, Shanghai Communique negotiations and a series of major activities. He was a member of China’s delegation to the UN General Assembly for the first time in 1971, and one of China’s deputy representatives to the UN General Assembly from 1973 to 1975. Zhang Hanzhi, together with her husband Qiao Guanhua, was active in the diplomatic arena of the United Nations. In 1983, he served as the executive director of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. In 1987, he was transferred to the post of Director of International Department of the State Council Rural Development Research Center, and in 1990, he was transferred to the post of Director of International Department of the State Council Development Research Center. Finishing: Tan Renwei

Editor: Wang Yuxi