In this file photo taken on March 8, 2013, Zhang Dejiang (C, front) shakes hands with Zhong Nanshan, a deputy to the 12th National People's Congress (NPC), while joining a discussion with deputies attending the first session of the 12th NPC from south China's Guangdong Province, in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Li Tao)
In this file photo taken on Feb. 22, 2013, Zhang Dejiang (2nd R) visits a laboratory on the application of the superconducting technology at a plant of Futong Group in Tianjin, north China. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)
In addition, when he served as Party secretary of Guangdong, between 2002 and 2007, he was very concerned about the development of the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao.
While participating in discussions with NPC deputies from Hong Kong and Macao on March 7, Zhang acknowledged the great achievements made based on the successful implementation of the "one country, two systems" policy since the two regions returned to the motherland.
On March 8, he reiterated the need to strengthen the cooperation among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao while participating in a panel discussion with lawmakers from Guangdong Province.
When he served as Guangdong's Party chief, Zhang put forth a creative plan to boost cooperation in the Pan-Pearl River Delta region, which strengthened economic links among nine provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong and Macao.
"CPC members should foster an image of clean governance, love of the people, pragmatism, plain living, hard work and perseverance," he once wrote in an article.
This is also Zhang's expectation for and portrayal of himself.
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