Zhu was born in
Jin County, Liaoning province, near the modern city of
Jinzhou. He graduated with a degree in philosophy from Peking University. He joined the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1978 and was involved with the
Communist Youth League and the CCP organization on the
Beida campus. In April 1998, he was named
CCP Committee Secretary of
Haidian District, where
Beida is located; he served until May 2002, when he was made a member of the Standing Committee of the
Beijing Municipal Committee of the CCP, which made him an official of sub-provincial rank. In August 2008, he was transferred to Nanjing to become CCP Committee Secretary; he served in the position until March 2011. He was an alternate of the
18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. In August 2011, Zhu was named party chief of Peking University. The position has the ranking of a provincial vice governor and appointments to the post are vetted by the central party leadership. == References ==