1. Zhao Hongzhu is a retired Chinese politician and a previous member of the Chinese Communist Party's national leadership.
17 Facts About Zhao Hongzhu
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Zhao Hongzhu spent his early career in Inner Mongolia before being transferred to work for the Ministry of Supervision and the CCDI in Beijing.
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Zhao Hongzhu was the Communist Party Secretary of Zhejiang province from 2007 to 2012.
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Zhao Hongzhu was born in July 1947 in Ningcheng County in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
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Zhao Hongzhu is a member of the Han ethnic group and his father was a farmer.
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Zhao Hongzhu graduated from the Central Party School and began work in Inner Mongolia as a logistics officer.
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Zhao Hongzhu then entered the Hulunbuir League Nomadic Administration Bureau.
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In 1980, Zhao Hongzhu entered the party's Organization Department in Hinggan League.
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Zhao Hongzhu became the head of the department in 1985 and in 1988, he became the deputy party chief of Hinggan League.
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Zhao Hongzhu left Inner Mongolia in 1992 to take on a job in the research office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
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Zhao Hongzhu was appointed Party Secretary of Zhejiang in March 2007, taking the office vacated by Xi Jinping, who went on to become party chief of Shanghai.
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Zhao Hongzhu stepped down as party chief of Zhejiang in November 2012 to take up the number two role in the Communist Party's top anti-corruption body in the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, under Secretary Wang Qishan.
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Since joining the CCDI, Zhao Hongzhu has taken on the role of the leader of a coordination group in charge of implementing specific aspects of the reforms of the discipline and supervision system.
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Zhao Hongzhu was put in charge of the Office for the Supervision of Discipline Personnel, an internal audit and control organ of the CCDI.
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In 2013, Zhao Hongzhu was named deputy leader of the Central Leading Group for Advancing Mass Line Education.
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Zhao Hongzhu is a member of the 17th and 18th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Zhao Hongzhu is a member of the 18th Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.