Compiled from the following sources:
Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006
Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005
Zhongguo Gongchandang Lijie Zhongyang Weiyuan Dacidian, 1921-2003
Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi chubanshe 2004
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 9/19/2007
Career Data Updated: 9/19/2007
Zhou Ziyu 周子玉
Former Deputy Director of the PLA General Political Department
Born: 1935
Birthplace: Shandong Province, Wucheng
Biography Highlight
Zhou Ziyu, male, Han nationality, is a native of Wucheng, Shandong Province. He was born in 1935, joined the PLA in 1951 and the CPC in 1955.Zhou spent his career in the PLA Air Force. He began as a political instructor in the Air Force Aviation School and rose to the position of political commissar. He achieved the rank of major general of the PLA Air Force and later became a general in the PLA Air Force. In 1993, he became secretary of the CPC Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC Central Military Commission.
Zhou was a deputy to the 8th NPC. He was also a member of the 15th CPC Central Committee.
Recent Career Data
| 2003— | Member, CPPCC, National Committee, Standing Committee | |
| 1997—2002 | Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee, Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Standing Committee | |
| 1997—2002 | Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 1997—2002 | Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee, Central Commission for Discipline Inspection | |
| 1997—2002 | Deputy Secretary, 15th CPC, Central Committee, Central Commission for Discipline Inspection | |
| 1996— | General, PLA, Services and Arms, Air Force | |
| 1993—2000 | Deputy Secretary, PLA, General Political Department CPC, Party Committee | |
| 1993—2000 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Political Science and Law Committee | |
| 1993—1996 | Lieutenant General, PLA, Services and Arms, Air Force | |
| 1993—2000 | Deputy Director, PLA, General Political Department |
