Zhou Bohua (; born July 1948) is a retired politician of the People's Republic of China. He served as Governor of

Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...

Province and Minister of the

State Administration for Industry and Commerce The State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC; ) was the authority in the People's Republic of China responsible for advancing legislation concerning the administration of industry and commerce in the People's Republic. On a local leve ...

(SAIC).

Biography

Zhou was born in

Xiangtan Xiangtan ( zh, s=湘潭) is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hunan province, south-central China. The hometowns of several founding leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, including Chairman Mao Zedong, President Liu Shaoqi, and Marshal P ...

province. He started working in September 1968, and joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

(CCP) in December 1970. From June 1981 to January 1982, he was the vice director of the

Zhuzhou Zhuzhou ( zh, c=株洲, p=Zhūzhōu, ), formerly Jianning (建宁), is a prefecture-level city of Hunan Province, China, straddling the Xiang River southeast of the provincial capital, Changsha, and bordering Jiangxi province to the east. It is ...

city economics commission in Hunan. From January 1982 to August 1986, he was a researcher at the policy research office of the CCP Hunan committee. From August 1986 to June 1990, he was a standing committee member of the CCP Zhuzhou municipal committee, and the executive vice mayor of Zhuzhou. From June 1990 to January 1993, he served as the vice secretary of the CCP Zhuzhou municipal committee, vice mayor and later, mayor of Zhuzhou. From January 1993 to October 1995, he was the vice governor of Hunan Province. From October 1995 to November 2001, he was a standing committee member of the CCP Hunan committee, and vice governor of Hunan. In November 2001, he was promoted to the position of vice secretary of the CCP Hunan committee, and vice governor of Hunan. From March 2003 to September 2006, he was the vice secretary of the CCP Hunan committee, acting governor, and later governor of Hunan Province. From 2006 to 2013, he served as Minister of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. He was a member of the

17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was elected by the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, 17th Congress on 21 October 2007, and sat until the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, 18th Nat ...

References

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