Zhong Shaojun (Chinese: 钟绍军; born 19 October 1968) is a long-time political aide of Xi Jinping, currently the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC).

Zhong served on Xi's staff beginning in Zhejiang province, then followed him to Shanghai, and then Beijing.

The transfer elevated Xi from a relatively unknown provincial administrator to the front runner to succeed Hu Jintao as the next leader of the Communist Party.

[2] In the fall of 2007, Xi was transferred to Beijing to become a member of the Politburo Standing Committee and the secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party.

Zhong was promptly also transferred to Beijing to work for the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party.