After university, he was assigned to Baise Mining Machinery Factory (百色矿山机械厂) in Guangxi.[5] A few years later, he was promoted to director of the factory.[5] In 1988, he returned to his homeland, Zhuhai, becoming the general manager of the Guanxiong Rubber Company (冠雄塑胶公司) and the director of Zhuhai Air-Conditional Factory successively.[6] When the Gree Electrical Equipment Company (formerly Zhuhai City Haili Cooling Engineering Company Limited) was created in 1992, Zhu took over the position of the company's general manager.[6] He transformed the small factory with an annual production of only 20 thousand are-conditioned appliances into a sector giant with the annual production of 2.5 million units.[6] In April 2001 he became chairman of the board of Gree Electric, and held that office until May 2012. In 1999 he was proposed as vice president of the China Household Electrical Appliances Association (CHEAA).
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