Zhou Jianren (Chinese:周建人; 1888–1984) was a politician and biologist of thePeople's Republic of China. He was the younger brother ofLu Xun andZhou Zuoren.
Zhou advocated the use ofbirth control as a way to alleviate overpopulation.[1]
In 1947, Zhou translatedCharles Darwin'sOn the Origin of Species into Chinese.[2]
Zhou representedZhejiang in the inauguralNational People's Congress in 1954, serving as a member of the body'sstanding committee.[2] He becamegovernor of Zhejiang in 1958 and held the position until the beginning of theCultural Revolution in 1966.[2]
When the office of theChairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, by then thehead of state of the People's Republic of China, fell vacant in 1976, Zhou was one of the 20 vice chairmen who administered the position. He also served as the chairman ofChina Association for Promoting Democracy. He was a member of the10th and11thCentral Committees of the Chinese Communist Party.[3]
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