Zhou Lin (politician)

Zhou Lin (Chinese: 周林) (1912–1997) was a Chinese politician. He was born in Renhuai, Guizhou Province. He was Communist Party of China Committee Secretary and governor of his home province between 1954 and 1964. He was a delegate to the 5th National People's Congress. Persecuted during the Cultural Revolution, Zhou was politically rehabilitated in 1975 and became president of Nanjing University, then party chief Peking University, and a member of the Central Advisory Commission. He died in 1997.