Chen Zhu
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Chen Zhu | |
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| 陈竺 | |
 Chen Zhu (2011) | |
| Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | |
| In office 14 March 2013 – 10 March 2023 | |
| Chairman | Zhang Dejiang Li Zhanshu |
| Chairman of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party | |
| In office December 2012 – 9 December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Sang Guowei |
| Succeeded by | He Wei |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office June 2007 – March 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Gao Qiang |
| Succeeded by | Li Bin (as Minister in charge of the National Health and Family Planning Commission) |
| President of the Red Cross Society of China | |
| In office 6 June 2015 – 10 October 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Hua Jianmin |
| Succeeded by | He Wei |
| President of Chinese Medical Association | |
| In office 2010–2015 | |
| Preceded by | Zhong Nanshan |
| Succeeded by | Ma Xiaowei |
| President of the Western Returned Scholars Association | |
| In office 2013–2021 | |
| Preceded by | Han Qide |
| Succeeded by | Ding Zhongli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 17, 1953 Shanghai, China |
| Party | Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party |
| Alma mater |
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| Awards | Chevalier of the Legion of Honour |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Hematology, Molecular biology |
Chen Zhu ForMemRS (Chinese: 陈竺; pinyin: Chén Zhú; born August 17, 1953) is a Chinese hematologist and molecular biologist who has served as the president of the Red Cross Society of China from 2015 to 2024.[1]
He previously served as vice chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee from 2013 to 2023, chairman of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party Central Committee from 2012 to 2022, president of the Chinese Medical Association from 2010 to 2015, Minister of Heath from 2007 to 2013, and vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences from 2000 to 2007.[2][3]
In the academia, he is academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, foreign fellow of the Royal Society, foreign member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, and foreign member of the French Academy of Sciences. He also holds a professorship at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.[4]
Chen was born in Shanghai in August 1953 and his ancestral hometown is Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province.
Chen began his medical career by spending five years in rural China as a barefoot doctor.[5] Chen then obtained his master's degree from the Shanghai Second Medical Sciences University (now the medical school of Shanghai Jiao Tong University) in September, 1981.[2] He obtained his Ph.D. from the Paris Diderot University (Paris 7) in Paris, France. Chen completed his medical residency and postdoctoral research at the same university and its teaching hospital.[2]
Chen is former President of the Shanghai Institute of Hematology and former Director-general of the China Human Genome Center (South) in Shanghai.
On 10 October 2024, he was succeeded by He Wei as the president of the Red Cross Society of China.[6]
