Zhu Liang (politician)

Zhu Liang (born March 1924) is a Chinese politician who served as head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party from 1985 to 1993.

He was a member of the 4th, 5th and 6th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 8th National People's Congress. He was a member of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Early life and education
Zhu was born Zhou Zhiyi (周志毅) in Chaoyang County (now Chaoyang District, Shantou), Guangdong, in March 1924. He became a member of the Shanghai Student Salvation Association in 1939. In 1945, he enrolled at St. John's University, Shanghai, where he majored in the Department of Chemistry. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1945. During his school years, he was one of the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party in the university.

Career
After the establishment of the Communist State in 1949, he was appointed deputy director of the Service Department of the Shanghai Municipal Working Committee of the China New Democratic Youth League (now Communist Youth League of China), secretary-general of the Shanghai Municipal Youth Federation, and deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Sports Preparatory Committee. In 1951, he was the representative of the Central Committee of the Chinese New Democratic Youth League to the headquarters of the World Democratic Youth League in Hungary and a journalist for the Chinese Press Corps at the Geneva Conference. In 1954, he was made head of the Central International Liaison Department of the Chinese New Democratic Youth League. In 1962, he was elevated to deputy head of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China and secretary-general of the All-China Youth Federation.

In 1966, the Cultural Revolution broke out, he was sent to the May Seventh Cadre Schools to do farm works.

He was reinstated in 1972. He was named director of the 8th Bureau of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party in 1972. He moved up the ranks to become deputy head in 1981 and head in 1985.