The 67-year-old Zhang Shibin is the TAC's senior authority on military-related translations, having previously worked at the Chinese Academy of Military Sciences. Moreover, he played an important role in the 3rd to 6th TAC Councils.

While working as the secretary general, vice president and standing deputy director of the TAC's Military Translation Committee for 20 years, he organized and implemented a series of major army translation projects.

Now the Military Translation Committee boasts increasing influence nationwide, with a total membership of 31. The Japanese-Chinese Military Translation Dictionary, of which Zhang is the major compiler, has become a bibliography for senior military officials.

He received the Outstanding Contribution to Translation Industry Award at the Second National Translation Conference in Beijing on Dec. 6, 2012. 

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