Luo Zhijun

Not to be confused with Liu Zhijun, former Minister of Railways.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Luo.

Luo Zhijun
罗志军
Luo in 2008
Chairperson of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office 16 March 2018 – 13 March 2023
Chairman	Wang Yang
Preceded by	New title
Succeeded by	Wang Jianjun
Chairman of Jiangsu People's Congress
In office 14 February 2011 – 18 January 2017
Preceded by	Liang Baohua
Succeeded by	Li Qiang
Communist Party Secretary of Jiangsu
In office 6 December 2010 – 30 June 2016
Deputy	Li Xueyong Shi Taifeng (governor)
Preceded by	Liang Baohua
Succeeded by	Li Qiang
Governor of Jiangsu
In office 4 January 2008 – 8 December 2010
Preceded by	Liang Baohua
Succeeded by	Li Xueyong
Personal details
Born	(1951-11-28)28 November 1951 Lingyuan, Liaoning, China
Died	1 April 2023(2023-04-01) (aged 71)
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	China University of Political Science and Law
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Navy
Years of service	1968–1978
Unit	North Sea Fleet
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	罗志军
Traditional Chinese	羅志軍
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Luó Zhìjūn

Luo Zhijun (simplified Chinese: 罗志军; traditional Chinese: 羅志軍; pinyin: Luó Zhìjūn; 28 November 1951 – 1 April 2023) was a Chinese politician. He was serving as Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee from 16 March 2018 to 13 March 2023. He was vice-chairperson of the National People's Congress Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee from July 2016 until March 2018. He was the former Communist Party Secretary of Jiangsu, and prior to that the provincial governor. He died on 1 April 2023 at the age of 72.

Biography

Luo was born in Lingyuan, Liaoning, the son of Luo Wen, a major general in the People's Liberation Army. Luo joined the army in February 1968 and became a soldier in PLA's North Sea Fleet. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in the next year. In September 1978 he moved to Beijing and became the secretary of Communist Youth League at Beijing Medical Radioactive Machine Factory. He entered China Youth Daily in 1980, and was later promoted to secretary general in that agency.

In September 1995, he was appointed vice mayor of Nanjing, and was elevated to mayor in 2002. He became the Nanjing municipal party chief in 2003. In December 2007, he was promoted to deputy party chief of Jiangsu. On 4 January 2008, he was elected as vice governor and acting governor of Jiangsu Province, and was duly confirmed as Governor by a session of the provincial People's Congress on 31 January 2008. Luo was named the Party Secretary of Jiangsu province in December 2010 following the retirement of Liang Baohua due to age. On 2 July 2016, Luo was appointed vice-chairperson of the National People's Congress Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee.

Luo Zhijun was a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and an alternate member of the 17th Central Committee.

Luo Zhijun finished his term as Chairperson of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and succeeded by Wang Jianjun on 13 March 2023.

Luo Zhijun died on 1 April 2023.