Zhu Liang (politician)

Zhu Liang (Chinese: 朱良; pinyin: Zhu Liang; born March 1924) is a Chinese politician who served as head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party from 1985 to 1993.

Zhu Liang
朱良
Director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress
In office
March 1993 – March 1998
ChairpersonQiao Shi
Preceded byLiao Hansheng
Succeeded byZeng Jianhui [zh]
Head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
December 2985 – March 2993
Preceded byQian Liren
Succeeded byLi Shuzheng
Personal details
Born
Zhou Zhiyi (周志毅)

March 1924 (age 100)
Chaoyang County, Guangdong, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materSt. John's University, Shanghai

He was a member of the 4th, 5th and 6th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 8th National People's Congress. He was a member of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]

Early life and education

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Zhu was born Zhou Zhiyi (周志毅) in Chaoyang County (now Chaoyang District, Shantou), Guangdong, in March 1924. He became a member of the Shanghai Student Salvation Association in 1939. In 1945, he enrolled at St. John's University, Shanghai, where he majored in the Department of Chemistry. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1945.[2] During his school years, he was one of the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party in the university.

Career

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After the establishment of the Communist State in 1949, he was appointed deputy director of the Service Department of the Shanghai Municipal Working Committee of the China New Democratic Youth League (now Communist Youth League of China), secretary-general of the Shanghai Municipal Youth Federation, and deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Sports Preparatory Committee. In 1951, he was the representative of the Central Committee of the Chinese New Democratic Youth League to the headquarters of the World Democratic Youth League in Hungary and a journalist for the Chinese Press Corps at the Geneva Conference. In 1954, he was made head of the Central International Liaison Department of the Chinese New Democratic Youth League. In 1962, he was elevated to deputy head of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China and secretary-general of the All-China Youth Federation.[3]

In 1966, the Cultural Revolution broke out, he was sent to the May Seventh Cadre Schools to do farm works.

He was reinstated in 1972. He was named director of the 8th Bureau of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party in 1972. He moved up the ranks to become deputy head in 1981 and head in 1985.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Shen Xueming (沈学明); Zheng Jianying (郑建英), eds. (2001). 中共第一届至十五届中央委员 [Member of the 1st to 15th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China] (in Chinese). Beijing: Central Literature Publishing House. p. 162. ISBN 7-5073-1034-5.
  2. ^ Zhan Tianxiang (詹天庠), ed. (2013). 潮汕文化大典 [Chaoshan Cultural Dictionary] (in Chinese). Shantou, Guangdong: Shantou University Press. p. 604. ISBN 978-7-5658-0980-4.
  3. ^ Li Fangshi (李方诗), ed. (1999). 中国人物年鉴 1990 [Yearbook of the Chinese People in 1990] (in Chinese). Beijing: Huayi Publishing House. ISBN 7-80039-383-6.
  4. ^ Yuan Bo (袁勃) (26 November 2015). 宋涛接替王家瑞任中央对外联络部部长【2】. people.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 March 2024.
Civic offices
Preceded by Secretary-General of the All-China Youth Federation
1965–1979
Succeeded by
Yin Minglian (殷明连)
Party political offices
Preceded by Head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party
1985–1993
Succeeded by
Assembly seats
Preceded by Director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress
1993–1998
Succeeded by