Ministry of Ordnance Industry
[5th Ministry of Machine-Building]
Zou Jiahua, who retained his vice-premiership at the National People's Congress in March 1993, held a series of positions in the defense industry. Zou was appointed Minister of Ordnance in 1985; when his Ministry was merged with the Ministry of Machine-Building Industry in 1986 to form the State Machine-Building Industry Commission, he was named minister of the new organization. Zou has been a member of the CCP Central Committee since 1985. He was Minister of Machine-Building and Electronics Industry from 1988 until 1989, when he was named Minister of the State Planning Commission. He gave up that post in March 1993.
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