Zhu Zhixin (; born 27 March 1949) is a former Chinese politician and economic official. He served as vice chairman and deputy Communist Party chief of the National Development and Reform Commission. he retired in 2014.

Biography

Zhu was born in Jiaxing,

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...

, and received a postgraduate degree. He holds the title of doctorate supervisor. He started working in 1969 and was initially sent to work in rural Da'an County of Jilin Province. He later served at Changchun First Automotive Works (FAW), the First Ministry of Mechanical Industry, and the general office of the

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provincial government. In September 1983, he entered the National Planning Commission, and was elevated to the position of section chief of the national economics general section of the Commission. He also served as vice director of the

Dalian Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on the ...

municipal planning commission for training. In March 1993, he became vice director of the national economics general section of the National Planning Commission, and was promoted to director in April 1997. In September 1999, he was appointed vice director and vice Party chief of the

National Bureau of Statistics of China The National Bureau of Statistics (), abbreviated as NBS, is an deputy-cabinet level agency directly under the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for collection, investigation, research and publication of stati ...

. He was promoted to director and Party chief in June 2000. In March 2003, he became the vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission, and has also served as vice Party chief since August 2005. Zhu retired in December 2014 due to having reached the mandatory retirement age for ministerial level officials of 65. Zhu was an alternate member of the

16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 2002 to 2007. It held seven plenary sessions. It was set in motion by the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. The 15th Central Committee preceded it. ...

, and a full member of the 17th Central Committee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhu, Zhixin 1949 births Living people People's Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang Chinese Communist Party politicians from Zhejiang Politicians from Jiaxing Members of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party