Professor of Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University and doctorial supervisor, president of the School of Horticulture, dean of Facility Agriculture.
Zhou Zhirong is a member of the Decision-Making Consultation Committee of Shaanxi Province; member of the Teaching materials Compilation Committee of the Ministry of Education; member of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering and the Facility Agriculture Committee of the Chinese Society of horticultural Science; vice secretary general of the Shaanxi Society of Horticultural Science; vice chairman of the Shaanxi Society of Agricultural Engineering; and member of the Decision-making Consultation Committee of Tibet Autonomous Region.
He has been awarded several honorary titles including Top Ten Famous Teacher of Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Shaanxi Province Advanced Individual in Teaching Morals, National Spark Model, and National Teaching masters.