Chen Zhou was recently appointed vice minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
Founded in 1951, the CPC International Department conducts all-round, multi-channel, wide-scope and in-depth party-to-party exchanges and cooperation with more than 400 political parties and organizations in over 140 countries, most of which are either parties in office or parties participating in government.
Chen, born in August 1966, started to work at the Department of Asian and African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, in 1985. In 2019, he became chief inspector of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission at the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs.