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At the age of 47, he was elected as an academician, and Li Jiancheng took office as the president of the new 985 university! At least 14 academicians have taken up the new presidency this year

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According to the news on the official website of the Ministry of Education on September 14, the central government approved a few days ago: Comrade Li Jiancheng was appointed as the president of Central South University (vice minister level) and deputy secretary of the party committee; Due to his age, Comrade Tian Hongqi no longer holds the position of president of Central South University.

Li Jiancheng is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a pioneer in the theoretical research and engineering application of precision geoids in China, and previously served as vice president of Wuhan University.

At the age of 47, he was elected as an academician, and Li Jiancheng took office as the president of the new 985 university! At least 14 academicians have taken up the new presidency this year

He once called for "writing papers on the land of the motherland"

Public resumes show that Li Jiancheng, born in December 1964 in Jining, Inner Mongolia, is a geodesist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

In 1983, Li Jiancheng was admitted to Wuhan University of Surveying and Mapping, where he obtained bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees, and stayed on to teach after graduating in 1993. In July 1993, he stayed on to teach and was a visiting scholar in the United States, Finland and Germany. He has successively served as the deputy dean and dean of the School of Geodesy and Surveying Engineering of Wuhan University of Surveying and Mapping, and the dean of the School of Surveying and Mapping of Wuhan University.

In 2011, the 47-year-old Li Jiancheng was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, becoming the youngest academician in the field of mainland surveying and mapping at that time, and the youngest of the new academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering that year. In January 2015, Li Jiancheng was appointed Vice President of Wuhan University.

According to media reports, Li Jiancheng has long been committed to the research of the earth's gravitational field theory and its engineering application, developed the mainland's independent global gravity field model, solved a number of problems determined by the regional precision digital elevation benchmark, and formed a theoretical and technical system of independent innovation, so that the mainland's research in this field has reached the international advanced level. He presided over the research of the National 973 Program, the 863 Program, the National Natural Science Foundation of China Innovative Research Group, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has won 4 second prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, 1 special prize and 7 first prizes of the provincial and ministerial science and technology progress award. The website of the Chinese Academy of Engineering writes that the geodesist Li Jiancheng is "a pioneer in the theoretical research and engineering application of precision geoids in the mainland, and has achieved a major leap from theory to engineering applications of the geodesics."

In February 2021, the 2020 Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Conference was held, and Academician Li Jiancheng won the Outstanding Contribution Award. Li Jiancheng spoke at the conference as the representative of the award. He said that we are entering the era of intelligence, core technology, high-end technology has become more and more important "national weapon", the country's demand for outstanding talents is more urgent than ever. For the vast number of scientific and technological workers, this has a heavy responsibility, a glorious mission, and great promise. In the future, together with the team, he will, as always, take root in the front line of scientific research and teaching, give full play to his strengths and do his best, write papers on the land of the motherland, apply scientific and technological achievements to the practice of promoting high-quality development, further consolidate the talent advantages and technical advantages in the field of surveying, mapping and geographic information in our province, and make new and greater contributions to scientific and technological self-reliance and high-quality development in Hubei.

Tian Hongqi, who is no longer the president of Central South University due to his age, is also an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. According to public information, Tian Hongqi, born on December 11, 1959 in Lushan County, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province, is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and once served as vice president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and president of Central South University.

At the age of 47, he was elected as an academician, and Li Jiancheng took office as the president of the new 985 university! At least 14 academicians have taken up the new presidency this year

"Hunan Daily" once reported that Tian Hongqi was a person who had "severe dealings" with bad winds on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway on the "Snowy Sky Road", and it was she who led the team to overcome the test of life and death and "dance with the wind" on the "roof of the world" to ensure the safety of the train in the harsh wind environment of the plateau. "Changsha Evening News" commented on her: Tian Hongqi is a person who risked her life to fight against the bad storm on the snowy "Heavenly Road", she has been working in the front line of scientific research and teaching, and is the "wind rider" on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.

According to media reports, the four consecutive presidents of Central South University are academicians. In addition to Li Jiancheng and Tian Hongqi, Huang Boyun, a powder metallurgy expert who served as president of Central South University, and Zhang Yaoxue, a major early researcher in computer network technology, are also academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

This year, 14 academicians took office as new presidents

Since 2022, the personnel adjustment of colleges and universities has been intensive, and a group of scientists with outstanding achievements in the academic field have embarked on the position of president, and the phenomenon of "academician president" has attracted much attention.

Up to now, at least 14 academicians of the two academies have taken up the position of presidents (deans) of new universities this year, namely: Huang Ru, president of Southeast University (academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences), Xu Chunming, president of Shandong Institute of Petrochemical Technology (academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences), Mao Junfa, president of Shenzhen University (academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences), Lu Lin, president of Shandong First Medical University (academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences), Long Teng, president of Beijing Institute of Technology (academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering), Wang Shuxin, president of Chongqing University (academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering), Zhang Suojiang, president of Henan University (academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences), Li Peng, President of Zhengzhou University (Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences), President of Anhui Normal University Li Yadong (Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences), President of Peking University Gong Qihuang (Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences), President of Shandong University Li Shucai (Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering), President of South China University of Technology Zhang Liqun (Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering), President of Beihang University Wang Yunpeng (Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering), President of Central South University Li Jiancheng (Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering).

Among these new "academicians (presidents)", many have served as vice presidents, such as Huang Ru as vice president of Peking University, Wang Shuxin as vice president of Tianjin University, Mao Junfa as vice president of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Li Jiancheng as vice president of Wuhan University. According to media reports, Li Jiancheng was the first vice president of Wuhan University to be promoted through open competition, and when he took office in 2015, Li Xiaohong, then president of Wuhan University, said that this was the vice president trained by Wuhan University itself.

Some "academician principals" returned to their alma mater as presidents, such as Huang Ru once studied at Nanjing Institute of Technology (the predecessor of Southeast University), and Li Yadong studied at Anhui Normal University; For example, Li Yadong, who served as the president of Anhui Normal University, is from Anhui, Xu Chunming, who is the president of Shandong Petrochemical Institute, is from Shandong, and Zhang Suojiang, who is the president of Henan University, is from Henan.

Yesterday, the Foreign Affairs College, the only university directly under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, welcomed the new dean Wang Fan. According to the official website of the China Foreign Affairs College, on September 13, the China Foreign Affairs College held a meeting to announce the appointment of the new dean. Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu attended and delivered a speech and issued a letter of appointment to President Wang Fan. The post of dean of the China Foreign Affairs University was previously held by Xu Jian.

According to public information, Wang Fan, born in July 1963, graduated from Peking University with a bachelor's degree, graduated from the School of International Relations with a master's degree, and graduated from the China Foreign Affairs College with a doctorate. Since 1992, Wang Fan has been teaching at the Institute of International Relations of the China Foreign Affairs University, and has successively served as the director of the Institute of International Relations of the China Foreign Affairs University, the assistant dean of the Foreign Affairs College, and the vice president of the Foreign Affairs College. During this time, he worked as a diplomat at the Chinese Embassy in the UK from 1995 to 1997. Wang Fan's main research interests are Sino-US relations, China diplomacy, international security and major country security strategy.

At the age of 47, he was elected as an academician, and Li Jiancheng took office as the president of the new 985 university! At least 14 academicians have taken up the new presidency this year

Source: Jimu News, The Paper, China News Weekly, New Yellow River, Central South University official website, etc

Column Editor-in-Chief: Liu Lu Text Editor: Lu Xiaochuan

Source: Author: Shangguan He

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