Zhu Congjiu

Zhu was born in Feixi County, Anhui, in March 1965. In 1981, he was accepted to Anhui Institute of Finance and Trade (now Anhui University of Finance and Economics), where he majored in finance and monetary. After graduating in 1985, he did his postgraduate work at the Graduate Department of the People's Bank of China and worked in its Financial Management Department since August 1988.

Zhu was assigned to the China Securities Regulatory Commission in November 1992. In April 1999, he became deputy general manager and deputy party secretary of Shanghai Stock Exchange, rising to general manager and party secretary the next year.[3] In January 2008, he was appointed assistant to the chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission and served as director of its Issuance Supervision Department.[3]

In May 2012, Zhu was made vice governor of Zhejiang, a position he held for more than ten years.[4] He was transferred to the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the provincial advisory body, in July 2022, and took the position of vice chairman in January 2023.[4]

On 4 May 2023, he was suspected of "serious violations of laws and regulations" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China. His classmates at the Graduate Department of the People's Bank of China, including Liu Liange (Chairman of Bank of China), Zhang Yujun (Assistant to the Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission), Dai Zhikang (Chairman of Zendai Investment Group), and Luo Xi (Chairman of China PICC Group), were also sacked or removed from public office for graft.[3]