| Office1: | President of China Society For Human Rights Studies |
| Term Start1: | July 1993 |
| Term End1: | May 2007 |
| Predecessor1: | New title |
| Successor1: | Luo Haocai |
| Office2: | Director of the State Council Information Office |
| Term Start2: | 1990 |
| Term End2: | December 1992 |
| Premier2: | Li Peng |
| Office3: | Minister of Culture of the People's Republic of China |
| Term Start3: | April 1982 |
| Term End3: | March 1986 |
| Predecessor3: | Zhou Weizhi |
| Successor3: | Wang Meng |
| Office4: | Deputy Head of the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party |
| Term Start4: | December 1977 |
| Term End4: | April 1982 |
| 1Blankname4: | Head |
| 1Namedata4: | Zhang Pinghua→Hu Yaobang→Wang Renzhong |
| Office5: | Director of Xinhua News Agency |
| Term Start5: | September 1972 |
| Term End5: | December 1977 |
| Predecessor5: | Zhang Jizhi |
| Zhu Muzhi | |
| Native Name: | 朱穆之 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh |
| Birth Name: | Zhu Zhonglong (Chinese: 朱仲龙) |
| Birth Date: | 25 December 1916 |
| Birth Place: | Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China |
| Death Place: | Beijing, China |
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma Mater: | Peking University |
Zhu Muzhi (; 25 December 1916 – 23 October 2015) was a Chinese politician. Zhu was a member of the 10th, 11th and 12th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] Zhu served as president of the Xinhua News Agency, deputy head of the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party, Minister of Culture, and chairman of the State Council Information Office.[2] [3] [4]
Zhu was born in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, China in December 1916. He graduated from Peking University in 1937, where he majored in foreign language.
After graduation, Zhu worked in Nanjing as an editor for Jinling Daily (Chinese: 金陵日报). Zhu joined the Chinese Communist Party in April 1938. From 1941 to 1943, Zhu worked in the Taihang Mountain.
From 1946 to 1964, Zhu worked in Xinhua News Agency as an editor. In 1966, the Cultural Revolution was launched by Mao Zedong, Zhu was arrested and suffered political persecution.
In September 1972, Zhu worked as the secretary of Xinhua News Agency. From December 1977 to April 1982, Zhu served as a deputy head of the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party. From April 1982 to March 1986, Zhu served as Minister of Culture of the People'e Republic of China. From April 1991 to December 1992, Zhu served as director of the State Council Information Office. In July 1993, he served as the newly founded China Society For Human Rights Studies, a position he held for almost fourteen years until May 2007.[5] He retired in March 2004.
He died of illness in Beijing, on October 23, 2015, aged 98.[6]