| Office1: | Commander of the People's Armed Police | ||||||
| Term Start1: | January 1990 | ||||||
| Term End1: | November 1992 | ||||||
| Predecessor1: | Li Lianxiu | ||||||
| Successor1: | Ba Zhongtan | ||||||
| Zhou Yushu | |||||||
| Native Name: | 周玉书 | ||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||
| Birth Date: | 22 August 1933 | ||||||
| Birth Place: | You County, Hunan, China | ||||||
| Death Place: | Beijing, China | ||||||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma Mater: | Zhengzhou Fourth Artillery School PLA Military Academy PLA National Defence University | ||||||
| Serviceyears: | 1953–1996 | ||||||
| Rank: | Lieutenant general | ||||||
| Unit: | 24th Group Army | ||||||
| Commands: | Guangzhou Military Region | ||||||
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Zhou Yushu (; 22 August 1933 – 1 April 2021) was a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as commander of the People's Armed Police from 1990 to 1992.
He was a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was an alternate member of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Zhou was born in You County, Hunan, on 22 August 1933.[1] [2]
He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in September 1953, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in September 1956.[1] [2] In 1945 he attended You County No. 1 High School. After graduating from Zhengzhou Fourth Artillery School in 1956, he was assigned to the 72nd Division of the 24th Group Army, where he eventually became commander in 1985.[1] In 1976, he participated in the rescue of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. In 1990, he was promoted to become commander of the People's Armed Police, a position he held until 1992.[1] He was deputy commander of the Guangzhou Military Region in 1992, and held that office until 1996.[1] During his term in office, he presided over the preparation of People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison.[1]
He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in September 1988 and lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in December 1992.[1] [2]
On 1 April 2021, he died from an illness in Beijing, at the age of 87.[1] [2]