ZHANG Chunmei is a member of the Communist Party of China. She graduated from the Administrative Management diploma programme at Guangdong Open University in 2015 and enrolled in the 2023 Spring Administrative Management undergraduate programme at Guangdong Open University. She is a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) and currently serves as Chairperson of Meizhou Wuhua Honggenran Food Technology Co., Ltd., President of Wuhua County Honggenran Breeding Professional Cooperative, and Director of Wuhua County Anliu Town Fuzhen Qiangcun Industrial Co., Ltd. In 2026, she was honoured as a National March 8th Red-Banner Holder.

Two decades ago, ZHANG was a primary school substitute teacher in Hongshan Village, Wuhua County, Meizhou. But something drew her to the barren hills surrounding her hometown—not as scenery, but as opportunity. She became a pioneer and then an NPC deputy. She has diligently worked, her busy figure constantly shuttling between breeding and planting bases and farmers' households, enthusiastically leading villagers to increase income and achieve prosperity.

ZHANG has actively promoted the construction of specialty agriculture, building renowned brands such as "Hongshan Brand" Sanhuang chicken (a premium three-yellow breed with yellow feathers, beak, and feet), and established the Wuhua Sanhuang Chicken Forest Ecological Breeding Standardised Demonstration Base. Today, Hongshan Village's agricultural products are not only selling well in Guangdong but also reaching markets across the country.

"NPC deputies come from the people. Only by bringing the most authentic voices of fellow villagers to Beijing can my duty performance be considered qualified." Reviewing Deputy ZHANG's "duty performance diary," every page is densely filled, with every word and sentence witnessing her original mission to serve the people through her duties.

Currently, ZHANG is focusing on a common challenge for agricultural products in remote mountain areas—difficulties in logistics and transportation. "This is the issue most frequently and urgently raised by fellow villagers." A fresh chicken weighing over two kilograms incurs packaging costs of seven to eight yuan and shipping costs of over ten yuan. High logistics costs not only burden breeders but also increase consumer purchase prices, restricting mountain agricultural products from reaching broader markets.

To address this, ZHANG recommends increasing policy support for remote mountain areas, filling gaps in rural delivery logistics infrastructure, improving cold chain logistics systems, and effectively reducing transportation costs, enabling mountain specialty agricultural products to reach broader markets more smoothly.

Source: Yangcheng Web, “Guangdong Provincial People's Congress” WeChat Official Account,

and “Meizhou Release” WeChat Official Account

Published: 23 March 2026