Lü Zushan

Lü Zushan (born November 1946) is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He succeeded Xi Jinping as Governor of Zhejiang province in 2003. After retiring from provincial leadership in 2011, he has served as Vice-Chairman of the Financial and Economic Committee of the National People's Congress.

Early life and career Lü was born in November 1946 in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province. In 1963 he entered the Nanjing Aeronautical Institute (now Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics), and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 1966. He served under Xi, who later became General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, during Xi's five-year term as the provincial party committee secretary, and retired as governor in 2011

Lü was an alternate of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a full member of the 17th Central Committee.