Zhou Wenzhang, male, Han nationality, is a native of Baoying County, Jiangsu Province. He was born in 1953, started to work in 1970 and joined the CPC in 1987. He holds a doctorate. In 2009, he was appointed as vice-president of Chinese Academy of Governance, and an adjunct tutor of PhD students at the School of Philosophy of Renmin University. In 2013 he was removed from the post of vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Governance.