Chen Zhu is elected vice-chairperson of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, capital of China, March 17, 2018. (Xinhua)

Chen Zhu, born in August 1953, is chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, president of the Red Cross Society of China and president of the Western Returned Scholars Association (Overseas-educated Scholars Association of China). He was a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the 12th NPC.