Chen Zhu

Academician of Chinese Academy of  Sciences (CAS)

Member of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party (CPWDP). 

Current Positions:

Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC)

Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party (CPWDP)

President of the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC)

President of the Western Returned Scholars Association (WRSA)

Career Timeline:

1970–1975: Worked as a sent-down youth in Xinfeng County and Hengfeng County, Jiangxi Province.

1975–1977: Studied medicine at Shangrao Health School, Jiangxi Province.

1977–1978: Instructor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Shangrao Health School.

1978–1981: Master’s student in Hematology at Shanghai Second Medical College.

1981–1984: Resident physician in internal medicine at Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical College.

1984–1989: Foreign resident physician at Saint-Louis Hospital Hematology Center in Paris; doctoral and postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Hematology, Université Paris Diderot.

1989–1993: Attending physician in internal medicine at Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University; Director of the Molecular Biology Laboratory at the Shanghai Institute of Hematology (SIH).

1993–1995: Deputy Director of the Shanghai Institute of Hematology (SIH), elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 1995.

1995–2000: Director of the Shanghai Institute of Hematology (SIH), elected as an academician of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in 2000.

2000–2007: Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Director of the Shanghai Institute of Hematology (SIH); held various leadership roles, including President of the International Academy Cooperation Organization and foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), United States.

2007–2010: Minister of Health.

2010–2012: Minister of Health, President of the Chinese Medical Association (CMA).

2012–2013: Vice Chairman of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party (CPWDP), Minister of Health, President of the Chinese Medical Association (CMA).

2013–2014: Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC), elected as a foreign member of the Royal Society (UK) in 2013.

2015–2018: Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC), Chairman of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party (CPWDP), President of the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC), President of the Western Returned Scholars Association (WRSA).

2018-present: Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee since the 12th session,  The member of the 10th and 11th sessions of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).