Zhang Yulin

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| office1 = President of National University of Defense Technology

| term_start1 = July 2008

| term_end1 = June 2011

| predecessor1 = Wen Xisen

| successor1 = Yang Xuejun

| office2 = Commander of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

| term_start2 = 2004

| term_end2 = 2008

| predecessor2 = Zhang Jianqi

| successor2 = Cui Jijun

| office3 = President of Space Engineering University

| term_start3 = 2002

| term_end3 = 2003

| predecessor3 = Chang Xianqi

| successor3 = Tu Hengzhang

| name = Zhang Yulin

| native_name = 张育林

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1958|01}}

| birth_place = Qianyang County, Shaanxi, China

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| party = Chinese Communist Party

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| alma_mater = National University of Defense Technology
Zhejiang University
University of Waterloo

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| serviceyears = ?–present

| rank = 50px Lieutenant general

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Zhang Yulin ({{zh|s=张育林}}; born January 1958) is an astronautic engineer and lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China. He has been Deputy Director of the PLA General Armaments Department since 2011, and previously served as the President of the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), and Commander of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.[http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/n615708/n942529/n942861/70240.html 酒泉卫星发射中心主任张育林追梦飞天 from China National Space Administration] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501011122/http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/n615708/n942529/n942861/70240.html |date=May 1, 2008 }}

Biography

In 1958, Zhang was born in Qianyang County, Shaanxi Province. In 1978 Zhang entered NUDT, majoring in liquid rocket engine technology. Zhang graduated BE and ME from NUDT. From July 1984 Zhang was a lecturer and researcher at NUDT working on rocket engine dynamics and control. In 1988 Zhang graduated Doctor of Engineering from the Department of Industrial Automation of Zhejiang University.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}

Zhang did postdoc research at Canada's University of Waterloo. He was a professor and then promoted to the head of the Department of Astronautic Technology at NUDT. Zhang was the Director of Beijing Research Institute of NUDT. In 2004 Zhang was appointed as Commander of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia, which is the largest spaceport of China. In July 2008 Zhang was pointed as President of the National University of Defense Technology of PLA. Zhang was also an adjunct professor of Tsinghua University.[http://news.tsinghua.edu.cn/new/news.php?id=11519 “神六”发射场系统总指挥张育林受聘我校双聘教授 (Tsinghua News: Chief-Conmmander of Shenzhou VI Zhang Yulin accepts professorship at our university)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819064256/http://news.tsinghua.edu.cn/new/news.php?id=11519 |date=August 19, 2007 }}