Zhou Hongbo

Zhou Hongbo
周红波
Secretary of the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office December 1, 2024
Personal details
Born	October 1970 Lingui, Guangxi, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Nanjing Agricultural University China Agricultural University Guangxi Party School

Zhou Hongbo (Chinese: 周红波; born October 1970) is a Chinese politician who presently holds the position of a member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and serves as the Party Secretary of Nanjing. He additionally holds the position of First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Nanjing Garrison Command.

Biography

Guangxi

Zhou was born in Guilin, Guangxi. He entered the labor force in July 1992 and became a member of the Chinese Communist Party in April 1997. He pursued a degree in agricultural entomology at the Department of Plant Protection at Nanjing Agricultural University from 1988 to 1992. Following graduation, he commenced his work at the Plant Protection Station of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, occupying multiple roles from 1992 to 2002, including deputy director of the pest monitoring station and assistant to the station director. He engaged in grassroots rural initiatives in Xilin County in 1997. Zhou possesses a master's degree in public management from the Party School of the CCP Guangxi Committee, a Master of Agricultural Extension from China Agricultural University.

From 2002 until 2006, Zhou held positions in the Guangxi Department of Agriculture, initially as deputy director and subsequently as director of its general office, and later as director of the personnel department. In 2006, he was designated as Vice Mayor of Nanning. He subsequently occupied roles such as member of the Standing Committee and Secretary-General of the Nanning Municipal Committee, and eventually served as Deputy Party Secretary and Mayor of Nanning from 2011 to 2020. During this time, he simultaneously held the positions of Director and Party Secretary of the Nanning Wuxiang New District Planning and Construction Management Committee. In March 2020, Zhou was chosen Vice Chairman of the People's Government of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region while also holding the position of Mayor of Nanning.

Hainan

In 2020, he was sent to Hainan Province, where he was designated as a member of the Standing Committee of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee. From January 2021 to December 2023, he held the position of Party Secretary of Sanya and, furthermore, served as the honorary president of the Sanya Red Cross Society.

Jiangsu

In December 2024, Zhou was designated to his current positions in Jiangsu Province, and holds the position of a member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and serves as the Party Secretary of Nanjing. He additionally holds the position of First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Nanjing Garrison Command.

Zhou is a delegate to the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and has served as a deputy in the 12th and 13th National People's Congress. He was a member of the 8th CCP Hainan Provincial Committee and its Standing Committee, and served as a representative to the 6th and 7th Hainan Provincial People's Congresses until December 2024. He presently holds the position of deputy in the 14th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress.