Zhao Hongzhu - Member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee

BEIJING - The following is the biographical sketch of Zhao Hongzhu:

Zhao Hongzhu, born in July 1947, is a male ethnic Han from Ningcheng, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. He entered the workforce in October 1965, joined the CPC in August 1969, and received a college education at the Central Party School.

He is currently a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, deputy secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, secretary of the CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee, and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress.

1965-1975 Herdsman, 3rd Company; staff member, Health Clinic; cadre, Political Section; of the Zalantun Military Horse-Breeding Farm, PLA General Logistics Department stationed in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region; cadre, Political Department, Military Horse Bureau, 201st Unit, PLA General Logistics Department

1975-1976 Director, Political Section; member, Standing Committee, Party Committee; of the Zalantun Military Horse-Breeding Farm, PLA General Logistics Department stationed in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

1976-1979 Member, Standing Committee, Party Committee; director, Political Department; of the Hulun Buir League Pasture Management Bureau, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

1979-1980 Standing Committee member and deputy secretary, Party Committee; secretary, Commission for Discipline Inspection; of the Zalantun Pasture, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

1980-1983 Head, Cadres Section, Organization Department, CPC Hinggan League Committee; deputy secretary, CPC Jalaid Banner Committee; Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (1982-1983: took a one-year Training Class for Young and Middle-aged Cadres at the Central Party School)

1983-1985 Member, CPC Hinggan League Committee, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (1983-1985: studied full-time in the Undergraduate Class at the Central Party School)

1985-1988 Member and Organization Department head, CPC Hinggan League Committee, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

1988-1992 Deputy secretary, CPC Hinggan League Committee, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (03/1989-07/1989: took advanced class for prefectural- and departmental-level cadres, Central Party School)

1992-1994 Deputy director, Research Office; deputy director, General Office; of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

1994-1994 Director, General Office, Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

1994-1996 Director, Cadres Office, Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

1996-1997 Deputy secretary; director, General Office; of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

1997-1998 Member, Standing Committee; deputy secretary; director, General Office; of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (11/1997: ministerial level)

1998-2000 Member, Standing Committee; deputy head, Department of Supervision; of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

2000-2003 Member, Standing Committee, Central Commission for Discipline Inspection; deputy head, Organization Department, CPC Central Committee

2003-2007 Member, Standing Committee, Central Commission for Discipline Inspection; ministerial-level deputy head in charge of routine work, Organization Department, CPC Central Committee

2007-2007 Member, Standing Committee, Central Commission for Discipline Inspection; secretary, CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee

2007-2008 Secretary, CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee

2008-2012 Secretary, CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress

2012- Member, Secretariat, CPC Central Committee; deputy secretary, Central Commission for Discipline Inspection; secretary, CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress

Member, Seventeenth and Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Secretariat, Eighteenth CPC Central Committee; member and Standing Committee member, Fifteenth and Sixteenth CPC Central Commissions for Discipline Inspection; member, Standing Committee member and deputy secretary, Eighteenth Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.