[1] During Central Military Commission chairman Xi Jinping's military reform in January 2016, Zhu was appointed the inaugural Political Commissar of the newly established National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission, serving alongside director Sheng Bin.

In August 2016, both Zhu and Sheng were promoted to the rank of lieutenant general (zhong jiang).

[1] In January 2017, Zhu was appointed Political Commissar of the People's Armed Police, succeeding the retiring general Sun Sijing.

[2] In January 2017, Zhu was appointed Political Commissar of the Central Theater Command, succeeding the retiring general Yin Fanlong.

[citation needed] In October 2017, he was elected a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.