Zhou Zuyi | |
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周祖翼 | |
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Party Secretary of Fujian | |
Assumed office 13 November 2022 | |
Deputy | Zhao Long (Governor) |
Preceded by | Yin Li |
Minister of Human Resources and Social Security | |
In office 24 June 2022 – 30 December 2022 | |
Premier | Li Keqiang |
Preceded by | Zhang Jinan |
Succeeded by | Wang Xiaoping |
Personal details | |
Born | January 1965 (age 60) Tiantai County,Zhejiang, China |
Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Alma mater | Zhejiang University Tongji University |
Zhou Zuyi (Chinese:周祖翼;pinyin:Zhōu Zǔyì; born January 1965) is a Chinese politician who is the currentParty Secretary of Fujian and previously served asMinister of Human Resources and Social Security. He is a member of the20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 13thChinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a representative of the19th and the20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]
Zhou was born inTiantai County,Zhejiang, in January 1965. He attendedZhejiang University, graduating in 1984 with aBachelor of Science. He went on to receive hisDoctor of Science in 1989 atTongji University. He was a visiting scholar at the Royal Society of theUniversity of Wales from March 1993 to March 1994 and a visiting professor atETH Zurich from October 1997 to October 1998.
He joined theChinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1984. After graduating in 1989, he stayed at Tongji University and worked successively as associate professor, associate director, researcher, and party secretary of the School of Science. He was appointed deputy party secretary of Tongji University in July 2002, concurrently serving as vice president since December 2004. He was deputy head of Organization Department of Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in November 2008, and held that office until November 2011. In November 2011, he was promoted to become party secretary of Tongji University, a position at vice-ministerial level.
In August 2014, he entered theOrganization Department of the Chinese Communist Party and was elevated to deputy head in October 2016. He was chosen as chief of the General Office of theCentral Institutional Organization Commission in May 2019,[2] a position he held until June 2022, when he promoted again to becomeminister of human resources and social security.[3]
On November 13, 2022, Zhou was appointed as theParty Secretary of Fujian.[4] At the time of his appointment, he was the youngest party secretary of the Chinese Communist Party's provincial party committees, and the first party secretary to be born in or after 1965.
Party political offices | ||
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Preceded by | Party Secretary ofTongji University 2011–2014 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Director of the 2nd Cadre Bureau of theOrganization Department of the Chinese Communist Party 2014–2016 | Succeeded by Wu Yuliang (吴玉良) |
Preceded by | Chief of the General Office of theCentral Institutional Organization Commission 2019–2022 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Party Secretary of Fujian 2022–present | Incumbent |
Government offices | ||
Preceded by | Minister of Human Resources and Social Security 2022 | Succeeded by |