Zhao Hongzhu, male, Han Nationality, was born in 1947 and is a native of Inner Mongolia. He began to work in 1965 and joined the CPC in 1969. He Graduated from the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC. He started his political career as a People's Liberation Army officer and then he worked at various local party posts in Inner Mongolia.
He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 15th and the 16th Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection of the CPC and he was also a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee. He served as Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial CPC Committee and Director of Provincial People’s Congress of Zhejiang Province.
He is a member of the 18th CPC Central Committee and in 2014 he was named Director of the CPC Central Discipline Inspection System Reform Special Team.