From 65438 to 0926, he joined the Whampoa Military Academy, and in the same year, he participated in the military transportation in China.
1929 to 1933, successively served as Secretary-General of Fujian Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of Zhangzhou Special Committee, Organization Minister of Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of Fuzhou Central Municipal Party Committee. During this period, he organized and directed the famous Xiamen prison-robbing struggle, and successively established the Minnan Red Army Guerrillas of Workers and Peasants and the Mindong People's Armed Forces Department. Later, some of these troops were incorporated into the New Fourth Army.
1933 In May, he was arrested by the Kuomintang in Shanghai for being betrayed by a traitor. During his four years in prison, he United and inspired imprisoned comrades and bravely fought against the enemy.
1937 After being rescued from prison by the Party, he was sent to Hubei as the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Minister of Propaganda, and created a guerrilla zone in central Hubei. After that, the guerrilla zones and guerrillas in central Hubei expanded into the Hubei-Henan border region and the Hubei-Henan advance team of the New Fourth Army, serving as political commissar.
From 65438 to 0940, he went to Yan 'an and served as Secretary General of the Central Military Commission, Secretary General of the General Political Department and Minister of Propaganda, and attended the Seventh Party Congress. In the battle of Peiping and Tianjin, he entered Peiping in disguise to negotiate with the general. Later, he undertook the task of reorganizing the uprising troops and organizing and leading the southern working group. After the founding of New China, he served as deputy director and director of the Political Department of the Central South Military Region, acting secretary of the Guangxi Provincial Party Committee, secretary of the Central South Branch, first secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and first secretary of the Central South Bureau. He was elected as a member of the Central Committee at the Eighth National People's Congress in the Communist Party of China (CPC). At the Eleventh Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, he was elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau (PSC), served as the permanent secretary of the Central Secretariat, and served as Vice Premier the State Council and Minister Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China. He was also elected as a deputy to the Third National People's Congress and a member of the Second and Third China People's Political Consultative Conference.
1969165438+1on October 30th, he died unjustly because of the cruel persecution of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four. Comrade Tao Zhu's life is a life of serving the people wholeheartedly. He fought for the cause of * * * for decades and won the trust of the party and the people. He is frank, aboveboard, persevering in the truth, selfless and fearless. During the "Cultural Revolution", he fought resolutely with Lin Biao and the Gang of Four anti-party groups.
At the end of 1978, the Central Committee held a memorial service for him and spoke highly of his revolutionary life.