Lin Zhaoshu

Lin Zhaoshu (; born February 1940), born in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, is a Chinese politician. He served as chairman of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese.

Biography Between 1956 and 1960, Lin Zhaoshu attended and subsequently instructed at the Fuzhou Urban Construction Engineering School in Fujian Province. Between 1960 and 1962, he engaged in advanced studies within the Department of Civil Engineering at Nanjing Institute of Technology in Jiangsu Province. In 1962, he resumed his teaching position at the Fujian Institute of Architecture and Engineering. From 1962 to 1975, he was employed in the Pubian Brigade of Luoyan Commune in Lianjiang County, Fujian Province, where he held the positions of Secretary of the Youth League Branch, Assistant Accountant, and Secretary of the Party Branch in succession.

In 1975, Lin assumed the role of secretary at the General Office of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. In 1979, he was assigned to the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, where he served as a secretary. Between 1982 and 1985, he held the positions of Head of the Young Cadres Division of the Organization Department of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Secretary of the Provincial Youth League Committee, and Deputy Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Provincial Party Committee (during 1983 to 1985, he attended the Training Department of the Central Party School).

He served as deputy secretary of the Fujian Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission from 1985 to 1992. From 1992 to 1995, he was a member of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and served as Secretary of the Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission. From 1995 to April 1999, he held the position of Deputy Secretary of the CCP Fujian Provincial Committee. In April 1999, he was designated Party Secretary of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, and in July 1999, he was chosen Chairman of the Federation during the First Plenary Session of its Sixth National Committee.

Lin Zhaoshu served as a non-voting delegate to the 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, was a member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and participated as a delegate in the 15th and 17th CCP National Congresses, as well as a deputy in the 10th National People's Congress.