Zhu Xiaoqing

Zhu Xiaoqing was born in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province. Following the reinstatement of the national college entrance examination in 1978, Zhu was admitted to the Southwest University of Political Science and Law.^[2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party in April 1980 and graduated in 1982 with a degree in law. That same year, he began working at the Zhejiang Provincial People's Procuratorate.^[3]

Between 1984 and 1988, Zhu served as deputy director and later director of the Research Office of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Procuratorate, as well as deputy procurator of the West Lake District People's Procuratorate in Hangzhou. In September 1988, he became deputy procurator-general and a member of the Party Group of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Procuratorate. He was promoted in May 1994 to deputy procurator-general and deputy secretary of the Procuratorate's Party Group.^[3][4]

In July 2001, Zhu was appointed vice chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and concurrently served as head of the provincial Department of Supervision. In January 2003, he became procurator-general and Party secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Procuratorate.^[2]

Zhu was appointed deputy procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate in August 2004 and became a member of its Procuratorial Committee. He was elected a standing committee member of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in March 2008, and of the 12th National Committee in March 2013. He also held concurrent positions such as vice president of the China Law Society and vice president of the China Criminal Law Research Association.^[3][5]