Zhou Lin () (1912–1997) was a Chinese politician. He was born in

Renhuai, Guizhou Province Renhuai () is a county-level city located in the north of Guizhou province, China, bordering Sichuan province to the west. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zunyi. The city is served by Zunyi Maotai Airport. Administr ...

. He was

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victoriou ...

Committee Secretary and governor of his home province between 1954 and 1964. He was a delegate to the

5th National People's Congress The 5th National People's Congress () was in session from 1978 to 1983. It succeeded the 4th National People's Congress. It held five plenary sessions in this period. The Congress passed the 1978 Constitution of the People's Republic of China ...

. Persecuted during the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goal ...

, Zhou was politically rehabilitated in 1975 and became president of

Nanjing University Nanjing University (NJU; ) is a national public research university in Nanjing, Jiangsu. It is a member of C9 League and a Class A Double First Class University designated by the Chinese central government. NJU has two main campuses: the Xianl ...

, then party chief

Peking University Peking University (PKU; ) is a public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. Peking University was established as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 when it received its royal charter ...

, and a member of the

Central Advisory Commission The Central Advisory Commission () (CAC) was a body of the Chinese Communist Party that existed during the era of the paramount leadership of Deng Xiaoping. The body was supposed to provide "political assistance and consultation" to the Party' ...

. He died in 1997.

References

* 周林. 法通天下网. 011-10-06 * 北京大学历任校长书记.

. 011-10-06 1912 births 1997 deaths People's Republic of China politicians from Guizhou Chinese Communist Party politicians from Guizhou Governors of Guizhou Political office-holders in Guizhou Delegates to the 5th National People's Congress Members of the Central Advisory Commission Mayors of Xuzhou {{China-politician-stub