Zhou Jiabin (Chinese: 周家斌; pinyin: Zhōu Jiābīn; born September 1964) is a former Chinese politician who spent most of his career in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. As of December 2024 he was under investigation by China's top anti-graft watchdog. Previously he served as party secretary of Guilin and vice chairperson of the People's Congress of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.[1]
After university in 1988, Zhou was despatched to Diaoyutai State Guesthouse Management Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an architect.[3] He moved to the Chinese Institute of Interior Architects in June 1994.[3] He than briefly served as president of Beijing Boer Institute of Biological Sciences in August 2000, president of Beijing Academy of Modern Applied Sciences in February 2001, vice president of the Architectural Society of China in September 2005, and director of the Cooperative Development Department of the Information Center of the Development Research Center of the State Council of China in September 2007.[3]
In July 2008, Zhou was transferred to southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and appointed deputy director of the Construction Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.[3] He was made vice mayor of Nanning in September 2008 and three months later was admitted to standing committee member of the CCP Nanning Municipal Committee, the city's top authority.[3] In August 2011, he was named acting mayor of Beihai, confirmed in the following month.[3] He was appointed mayor of Guilin in February 2015, concurrently serving as deputy party secretary.[3][4] He became director of the Housing and Urban Rural Development Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in December 2017.[3] He was elevated to party secretary of Guilin in February 2021, in addition to serving as vice chairperson of the People's Congress of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region since January 2023.[3][5]
PB Former member of the Politburo; PLA Also a military official; CDI Member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection or affiliates 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.