Chinese media reported that he had close relations with Wen Qiang, who served as his deputy when he was the director of the Chongqing Municipal Bureau of Public Security.[4][5]
In 1993 he became the CPC Party Chief of Wenchang County, one year later, he concurrently served as the County Governor; he was re-elected in 1995.
He was promoted to Vice-Governor of Hainan in 1998, he was a member of the party's Hainan Provincial Standing Committee. He remained in that positions until 2001, when he was transferred to Chongqing and appointed the director of the Chongqing Municipal Bureau of Public Security and a member of the standing committee of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the CPC.[7]
Zhu was transferred to Guangdong in 2006, where he served as Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission and a member of the party's Provincial Standing Committee, the highest de facto policy-making body of the province.[7] He was promoted again to become Deputy Party Secretary of Guangdong in 2010, a position he held until November 2013.[7] In January 2013, he began concurrently serving as the province's top 'political advisor', Chairing the Guangdong Provincial People’s Political Consultative Conference, a largely ceremonial post.[7]
On November 28, 2014, state media reported that Zhu was being investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) for "serious violations of laws and regulations".[8][9] On February 17, 2015, at the conclusion of the CCDI investigation, Zhu was expelled from the Communist Party. The investigation concluded that Zhu had abused his power and said that he had taken "massive bribes" as kickbacks for giving preferential treatment in the promotions of officials in the operations of some businesses. It also curiously accused Zhu of "severely violating the family planning (i.e., one-child) policy." As bribery constituted a criminal offense, his case was moved to judicial authorities for prosecution.[10]
On November 11, 2016, Zhu was sentenced by the Liuzhou Intermediate People's Court to death sentence with reprieve for taking bribes worth 141 million yuan (~$20.50 million) and unidentified 91.04 million yuan (~$13.24 million) property.[6]
PB Former member of the Politburo; PLA Also a military official; CDI Member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection or affiliates ; S Committed suicide 1For details on the civil service ranks of officials, please see Civil Service of the People's Republic of China; 2Army generals listed have attained at least the rank of Major General, which usually enjoys the same administrative privileges as a civilian official of sub-provincial rank.
