Profile: Zhang Gaoli: From "poor boy" to political figure (8)

（Xinhua） 08:37, December 26, 2012

File photo taken on Dec. 15, 2008 shows Zhang Gaoli (3rd R, front), Lien Chan (3rd L, front), Honorary Chairman of the Kuomintang, Zheng Wantong (2nd R, front), Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Li Shenglin (2nd L, front), Minister of Transport, Wang Yi (1st R, front), director of both the Taiwan Work Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, and Chen Yunlin (1st L, front), Chairman of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), attend the ceremony marking the start of direct sea transport between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, in north China's Tianjin Municipality. (Xinhua/Liu Haifeng)

DO MORE, SPEAK LESS

Zhang is known among local officials for his down-to-earth work style and rigorous requirements.
He always called district and county officials at night, asking them about how work was going on.
Some local officials joked that they were afraid of "neither the god of heaven nor the god of earth, but only Secretary Zhang's night call."

"Do more, speak less" is his motto.

The day after he arrived in Tianjin in 2007, Zhang went to the Binhai New Area, a comprehensive reform pilot zone regarded as a new economic engine of the country, for an inspection of factories and the port. He also visited residential communities and talked with residents.