Zhou Ziyu (; born November 1935) is a retired general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). He served as Deputy Director of the

PLA General Political Department The People's Liberation Army General Political Department (GPD; ) was the former chief political organ under the Central Military Commission of Chinese Communist Party. It led all political activities in the People's Liberation Army. Its former ...

from 1993 to 2000 and as Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection from 1997 to 2002.

Biography

Zhou was born in November 1935 in

Wucheng County Wucheng County () is a county in the northwest of Shandong province, People's Republic of China, bordering Hebei province to the northwest. It is administered by Dezhou Dezhou () is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Shandong province, ...

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

Province. He enlisted in the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...

in 1951, and studied at the PLAAF Aviation School from 1951 to 1954. He joined the

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

in 1955. From 1977 to 1981 he served as director of the Political Department of the

Lanzhou Military Region The Lanzhou Military Region was one of seven military regions in the People's Republic of China. It directed all People's Liberation Army and People's Armed Police forces in Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, and Ngari Prefecture in n ...

, and attained the rank of

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in 1988. He was appointed assistant director of the

in 1992, and was promoted to deputy director (serving until 2000) and lieutenant general the following year. Zhou attained the rank of full general on 23 January 1996. From 1997 to 2002, he was a member of the

15th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China The 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 1997 to 2002. The 14th Central Committee preceded it. It was followed by the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. This was the first Central Committee ...

, and a Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

References

1935 births Living people People's Liberation Army Air Force generals People's Liberation Army generals from Shandong Members of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party People from Dezhou Directors of the political department of the Lanzhou Military Region PLA Air Force Aviation University alumni {{China-mil-bio-stub