Zhou Jianren
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Zhou Jianren (Template:Zh; 1888–1984) was a politician and biologist of the People's Republic of China. He was the younger brother of Lu Xun and Zhou Zuoren.
Career
Zhou advocated the use of birth control as a way to alleviate overpopulation.[1]
In 1947, Zhou translated Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species into Chinese.[2]
Zhou represented Zhejiang in the inaugural National People's Congress in 1954, serving as a member of the body's standing committee.[2] He became governor of Zhejiang in 1958 and held the position until the beginning of the Cultural Revolution in 1966.[2]
When the office of the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, by then the head of state of the People's Republic of China, fell vacant in 1976, Zhou was one of the 20 vice chairmen who administered the position. He also served as the chairman of China Association for Promoting Democracy. He was a member of the 10th and 11th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party.[3]
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- 1888 births
- 1984 deaths
- Writers from Shaoxing
- Academic staff of Shanghai University
- Academic staff of Jinan University
- Academic staff of Anhui University
- Educators from Shaoxing
- People's Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang
- Governors of Zhejiang
- Politicians from Shaoxing
- Members of the China Association for Promoting Democracy
- Members of the China Democratic League
- 20th-century Chinese translators
- Lu Xun
- Chinese Communist Party politicians from Zhejiang
- Vice chairpersons of the National People's Congress
- Vice chairpersons of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Members of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party