Zhou Shiguan

Born1893

Min County (now Fuzhou), Fujian, China

Died1984 (aged 90–91)

CitizenshipChinese

Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison

Zhou Shiguan
Chinese: 周士观

Personal details
Born	1893 (1893) Min County (now Fuzhou), Fujian, China
Died	1984 (aged 90–91)
Citizenship	Chinese
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin–Madison
Occupation	Chemist, industrialist, politician

Zhou Shiguan (Chinese: 周士观; 1893 – 1984) was a Chinese chemist, industrialist, and politician. A native of Min County (now part of Fuzhou), Fujian, he was an early Chinese expert in applied chemistry and public health administration and later a senior leader of the China Democratic National Construction Association (CDNCA). He served as a member and standing member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and as a vice chair of the CDNCA Central Committee.^[1]^[2]

Zhou Shiguan was born in 1893 in Min County, Fujian. He received his early education in Tianjin and Beijing and later enrolled at the Beijing Higher Industrial Specialized School, where he studied applied chemistry. In 1920, he traveled to the United States to pursue further studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, majoring in chemistry. He earned a master’s degree in 1925 and returned to China soon thereafter.^[3]

Career

After returning to China, Zhou became actively involved in industrial development and technical administration. He headed the Industrial Development Preparatory Office in Suiyuan, where he promoted local industrialization initiatives, and later founded paint factories and established the China Chemical Technology Society.^[4] In the late 1920s, he joined the Ministry of Health of the National Government as a senior technical official and participated in the compilation and editorial work of the first edition of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, marking a major milestone in China’s modern medical and pharmaceutical standardization.^[5] In 1930, he was appointed director of the Qingdao Municipal Health Bureau, followed by appointments to several central and regional administrative bodies.^[6]

In 1933, Zhou was appointed director of the Department of Construction of Ningxia Province, where he oversaw infrastructure and development planning. From June 1938 onward, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, he was successively elected as a councillor to the first three sessions of the National Political Council.^[7] Following the end of the war, he withdrew from wartime political bodies and assumed senior managerial roles in industrial and financial enterprises, including General Manager of the Chongqing Danzishi Machinery Plant, Chairman of the Fujian–Taiwan Construction Promotion Association, and General Manager of the Shanghai Industrial and Mining Bank.^[8]

In 1949, Zhou joined the China Democratic National Construction Association and was elected a member of the First National Committee of the CPPCC.^[9] After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, he served as a councillor to the Government Administration Council and held multiple senior posts within the CDNCA, including member and standing member of its Central Committee and deputy secretary-general. He was consecutively elected as a member of the second and third CPPCC National Committees and as a standing member of the fourth through sixth committees. In 1979, he became Vice Chair of the Standing Committee of the CDNCA Central Committee and later Vice Chairman of the association.^[10]

v t e 1st Central Committee of the China National Democratic Construction Association
April 1955 – February 1960
Chairman	Huang Yanpei
Vice Chairmen	Li Zhuchen Zhang Naiqi Nan Hanchen Sheng Pihua Shi Cuntong Hu Juewen Hu Zi'ang Sun Qimeng
Secretary-General	Sun Qimeng (concurrently)
Standing Committee Members	Wang Shao'ao Wang Xinyuan Bao Dasan Zhu Jisheng Leng Yu He Songting Shen Suwen Li Chenggan Wu Juennong Zhou Shiguan Hou Debang Yu Huancheng Pu Jiexiu Xu Chonglin Sun Xiaocun Ling Qijun Bi Mingqi Xu Dixin Zhang Yuanshan Guo Dihuo Zhang Jiongbai Chen Weiji Hua Yuqing Xiang Shuxiang Peng Yihu Huang Changshui Huang Jieran Huang Liangchen Huang Yunpeng Yang Meizhen Yang Weiyu Rong Yiren Gong Tianmin Le Songsheng Liu Yifeng Liu Hongsheng Han Wangchen Jian Yujie Luo Shuzhang

v t e 2nd Central Committee of the China National Democratic Construction Association
February 1960 – October 1979
Chairman	Huang Yanpei^{[注 1]} → Li Zhuchen (acting)
Vice Chairmen	Li Zhuchen Nan Hanchen Sheng Pihua Shi Cuntong Hu Juewen Hu Zi'ang Sun Qimeng Guo Dihuo
Secretary-General	Sun Xiaocun
Standing Committee Members	Wang Guangying Wang Genzhong Wang Shao'ao Wang Xinyuan Le Songsheng Liu Guojun Liu Nianyi Liu Jingji Gong Tianmin Zhu Jisheng Hua Yuqing Shen Zicha Sha Qianli Chen Jingshe Chen Weiji Wu Dakun Wu Jinhang Wu Juennong Wu Gengmei Wu Yunshan Zhang Jiongbai Zhang Jingli Luo Shuzhang Zhou Shiguan Rong Yiren Hu Ziying Hou Debang Yu Huancheng Yao Weijun Pu Jiexiu Tang Xunze Xu Chonglin Ling Qijun Zhang Yuanshan Xu Dixin Mo Yichang Huang Changshui Huang Jieran Huang Liangchen Tong Shaosheng Xiang Shuxiang Zi Yaohua Dong Linzhe Pan Shiyan Xue Pinxuan Han Wangchen Wei Ru
↑ Note 1: Huang Yanpei died in 1965

v t e 3rd Central Committee of the China National Democratic Construction Association
October 1979 – November 1983
Chairman	Hu Juewen
Vice Chairmen	Hu Zi'ang Xu Dixin Sun Qimeng Guo Dihuo Sun Xiaocun Zhou Shiguan Tong Shaosheng Pu Jiexiu Wang Guangying Tang Yuanbing Wu Zhichao
Secretary-General	Huang Liangchen
Standing Committee Members	Wang Tao Wang Shaoyan Wang Genzhong Wang Jihua Deng Jixing Gu Gengyu Ye Renshou Zhu Deqin Hua Yuqing Xiang De Liu Gongcheng Liu Bingji Liu Kunshui Liu Jingji Tang Shaoyuan Sun Fuling Li Wenjie Yang Tianshou Yang Meizhen Wu Dakun Wu Juennong Wu Gengmei He Zongqian Sha Qianli Zhang Jingli Zhang Weicen Chen Naichang Chen Guangsheng Chen Zibin Chen Yuanqin Chen Mingshan Chen Weiji Chen Suiheng Luo Shuzhang Rong Yiren Hu Ziying Zhong Fuguang Hou Qixing Yu Zuocheng Zhu Gongjian Mo Yichang Ni Jiaxi Xu Chonglin Guo Shouchang Zi Yaohua Huang Daneng Huang Changshui Huang Jieran Zhang Yuanshan Yu Xiaozhong Qi Qisheng Pan Shiyan Pan Lianzhi

v t e 4th Central Committee of the China National Democratic Construction Association
November 1983 – June 1988
Chairman	Hu Juewen
Vice Chairmen	Hu Zi'ang Xu Dixin Sun Qimeng Guo Dihuo Sun Xiaocun Zhou Shiguan Tong Shaosheng Pu Jiexiu Tang Yuanbing Wu Zhichao Chen Suiheng Chen Mingshan Wan Guoquan Feng Tiyun Huang Daneng
Secretary-General	Jiang Daning
Standing Committee Members	Yu Zijing Wang Tao Wang Guangying Wang Genzhong Wang Jihua Fang Wenyu Deng Jixing Ai Luchuan Lu Yannan Ye Renshou Tian Yupu Cheng Shengsan Shi Xingsan Zhu Shaowen Zhu Deqin Hua Yuqing Xiang De Liu Gongcheng Liu Bingji Liu Kunshui Liu Jingji Sun Yannian Su Baozong Li Wenjie Yang Tianshou Yang Kecheng Yang Meizhen Wu Dakun Wu Juennong Wu Gengmei Shen Hanqing Zhang Shiqian Zhang Huanwen Zhang Jingli Chen Naichang Chen Zibin Chen Zuxiang Luo Shuzhang Meng Zhaobo Rong Yiren Bai Yue Zhong Fuguang Hou Qixing Zhu Gongjian Mo Yichang Ni Jiaxi Xu Chonglin Guo Shouchang Zi Yaohua Pu Liangyuan Huang Liangchen Zhang Yuanshan Dong Youxian Yu Xiaozhong Cai Zaijing Qi Qisheng Pan Lianzhi

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