Zhu Weiqun (; born March 1947) is a Chinese politician. He formerly served as the executive deputy head of the

United Front Work Department The United Front Work Department (UFWD) is a department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tasked with " united front work". It gathers intelligence on, manages relations with, and attempts to gain influence over ...

of 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). Born in Jianhu County,

Jiangsu Province Jiangsu is a coastal province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the third smallest, but the fifth most populous, with a population of 84. ...

, Zhu attended the Jingshan School and

Renmin University The Renmin University of China (RUC) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, Haidian, Beijing, China. The university is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education, and co-funded by the Ministry of Education and ...

. He graduated from the department of journalism of the graduate school of the

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) is a Chinese state research institute and think tank. It is a ministry-level institution under the State Council of the People's Republic of China. The CASS is the highest academic institution and c ...

, with a master's degree. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in July 1970. In February 1999, he was appointed Deputy Head of the United Front Work Department of the CCP, where he handled ethnic affairs. He became the executive deputy of the Department in January 2006, ascending to full minister rank. In 2013, Zhu retired from active politics, and became the Chair of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of the

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. In May 2013, Zhu was asked about whether to allow for openly religious Communist Party members in response to a change in regulation in the

Communist Party of Vietnam The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is the founding and sole legal party of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Founded in 1930 by Hồ Chí Minh, the CPV became the ruling party of North Vietnam in 1954 and then all of Vietnam after the col ...

, Zhu said, "Chinese Communist Party members should not be allowed to be religious." Zhu has also been frequently critical of the

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and what he calls the "Tibet separatist clique." Zhu was a member of the 16th

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of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhu, Weiqun 1947 births Living people Members of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Members of the Standing Committee of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu Politicians from Yancheng Renmin University of China alumni