1925, Zhang Yun joined the underground party organization, 1937 served as the county party secretary in Xiangtan, Hunan province, 1938 attended the training course organized by Zhou Enlai in Wuhan Changjiang Bureau for more than a month at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War. At that time, the New Fourth Army established a military headquarters in southern Anhui. Many intellectuals from all over the country call them the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army. The military headquarters of the New Fourth Army sent a telegram to the Changjiang Bureau, hoping to send experienced comrades to the New Fourth Army to lead these young intellectuals.
From 65438 to 0939, Zhang Yun, as one of the leaders of the Women's Committee of the Southeast Bureau and the secretary of the Youth Field Service Corps, was sent by the Southeast Bureau to inspect Jiangnan. After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he served as secretary of Xiangtan Central Secretariat, successively developed more than 40 people in party member, established some party branches in factories, schools and rural areas, and led the masses to carry out anti-Japanese and national salvation propaganda activities. From the solstice in the summer of 1938 to 1945, he successively served as secretary of the Party branch of the Field Service Corps of the New Fourth Army, minister of the women's department of the Party Committee of Sunan District, secretary of the Party Committee of Suzhong District, secretary of the Second Party Committee of Suzhong District, and member and minister of the women's department of Central China Bureau. He has done a very good job in mobilizing young people to join the army, raising food expenses and United front work. As the Minister of the Democratic Movement Department and the Minister of the Women's Department of the Sunan Party Committee in Central China, under the leadership of the Party Committee, she guided and participated in the on-site democratic movement work and worked with the Field Service Corps led by Wu for more than three months. Because it is a guerrilla zone and the base area is unstable, it is necessary to stay in the homes of the masses and walk around among them. Maoshan was the first base of the New Fourth Army in southern Jiangsu at that time. Zhang Yun's main job is to mobilize, publicize and organize the masses, build the party, army and government through mass work, and establish mass organizations to achieve the goal of victory. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), she served as the Third Secretary of the Central Women's Committee, the Secretary General of the All-China Women's Federation, the Vice Chairman of the All-China Women's Federation and the Deputy Secretary of the Party Group. In women's work, she repeatedly stressed the need to resolutely implement the party's line, principles and policies, improve work style, go deep into the grassroots and the masses, set an example and set an example first.
After the downfall of the Gang of Four, Zhang Yun adhered to the ideological line of seeking truth from facts during his tenure as consultant of the Central Organization Department and deputy secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and worked day and night to correct the unjust, false and misjudged cases in the "Cultural Revolution", which made many cadres who had been wronged for a long time rehabilitated. A veteran cadre in Xinjiang, who had delayed for more than ten years, was completely solved in seven days. In the struggle against economic crimes, she dared to fight against difficulties and seriously dealt with several major cases such as Beijing Yan fraud case, Heilongjiang fraud case and Henan Anyang "car king" case. Just one month before her death, the 9 1 year-old party member was still concerned about the cause of the party and was extremely angry at the occurrence of the Wang case. He wrote: "Corruption is the mortal enemy of implementing the Twenty Principles and building Socialism with Chinese characteristics. Combating corruption and promoting honesty should be carried out simultaneously with the 20 principles and should be adhered to in the end. " She expects and firmly believes: "Eliminating poverty and achieving common prosperity are the true colors of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. On the day of success, people all over the world will look forward to it. "
At the end of 1983, he was appointed by the Central Party Consolidation Steering Committee as the leader of the Party Consolidation Steering Group of the Central Organ. Regardless of her old age and illness, with a high sense of political responsibility, she tried to restore and carry forward the party's fine traditions and explore party building in the new period. He has successively published such important manuscripts and research reports as Strictly Demanding Yourself and Welcoming the Supervision of the Masses, Strengthening the Cultivation of Party Spirit, Strive to Achieve a Fundamental Improvement of the Party Style, Investigation Report on the Pilot Party Consolidation in Beijing, Tianjin and Shandong Provinces, Carrying Forward the Party's Fine Tradition and the Style of Criticism and Self-criticism in the Party Consolidation, Strengthening the Cultivation of Party Spirit, Overcoming Factionalism and Comprehensively Improving the Quality of party member, which have laid a solid foundation for the fundamental improvement of the Party Style.