China Vitae

Biography Highlight

Chen Zhu, male, Han nationality, is a native of Shanghai. His ancestral home is in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province. He was born in 1953 and received a Master's from the Shanghai Second Medical Sciences University in 1981.

Recent Career Data

2007—	Minister, Ministry of Health
2000—2007	Vice-President, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1999	(Conferred Outstanding Technician Medals, Ministry of Personnel)
1999	(Won Yangtze Scholar Awarding Program Top Grade Prize)
	Deputy Director, Shanghai No.2 Medical Sciences University, Joint Genetics and Medical Sciences Center Shanghai Municipality
	(Honored as National Outstanding Science and Technology Worker)
	(Honored as Shanghai Science Elite National Model Worker)
	Deputy Director, Shanghai Research Center of Life Sciences
1996	(Awarded Ho Lee and Ho Leung Foundation Prize for Medicine)
	Director, Shanghai Hematology Research Institute Shanghai Municipality

Recent Travel & Appearances

11/19/08

Chen Zhu and Michael O. Leavitt, United States secretary of health and human services, attended a press conference after the China-U.S. workshop on food safety.