Zhou Zuyi

Zhou Zuyi
周祖翼
Zhou in 2024
Communist Party Secretary of Fujian
Incumbent
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 59) 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 current Communist Party Secretary of Fujian and previously served as Minister of Human Resources and Social Security. He is a member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a representative of the 19th and the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]

Early life and education

Zhou was born in Tiantai County, Zhejiang, in January 1965. He attended Zhejiang University, graduating in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science. He went on to receive his Doctor of Science in 1989 at Tongji University. He was a visiting scholar at the Royal Society of the University of Wales from March 1993 to March 1994 and a visiting professor at ETH Zurich from October 1997 to October 1998.

Career at Tongji University

He joined the Chinese 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.

Career in the Central Government

In August 2014, he entered the Organization 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 the Central Institutional Organization Commission in May 2019,^[2] a position he held until June 2022, when he promoted again to become minister of human resources and social security.^[3]

Career in Fujian

On November 13, 2022, Zhou was appointed as the Communist Party 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.

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