You Zheng, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, is the president of Huazhong University of Science and Technology and the vice president of Tsinghua University

Beijing News (reporter Feng Qi) On October 20, the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee announced that Li Yuanyuan was appointed secretary of the party committee of Huazhong University of Science and Technology and no longer held the position of president; You Zheng was appointed president of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (vice minister level).

You Zheng has been the vice president of Tsinghua University for 6 years. According to the official website of Tsinghua University, You Zheng was born in December 1963 in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. Since 1981, he has been studying in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Huazhong Institute of Technology and obtained a bachelor's degree. Subsequently, he studied at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, obtained master's and doctoral degrees and worked in Huazhong University of Science and Technology. From 1990 to 1992, he was engaged in postdoctoral research in the Department of Precision Instruments and Mechanics of Tsinghua University. In November 2014, You Zheng was appointed assistant to the principal. In August 2015, he was appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of the University.

The reporter learned that Huazhong Institute of Technology is the predecessor of the former Huazhong University of Science and Technology. On May 26, 2000, the former Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Tongji Medical University and Wuhan Urban Construction College merged to form Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

According to the official website of Tsinghua University, You Zheng's main research directions are micro-nanotechnology, intelligent microsystem technology and its applications. He has won 3 second prizes of national technological invention, 2 second prizes of national scientific and technological progress, and more than 10 provincial and ministerial scientific and technological awards that do not duplicate national awards. He was awarded the title of "China Excellent Postdoctoral Fellow" by the Ministry of Personnel, and was selected as a distinguished professor of the "Yangtze River Scholars Award Program" of the Ministry of Education and the national "Millions of Talents project in the new century". In 2013, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Just on October 19, Tsinghua University announced the appointment of a new vice president. The State Council appointed Wang Guangqian as vice president of Tsinghua University (bureau level, probationary period of one year). It is reported that in 2013, Wang Guangqian was selected by Tsinghua University to go to Qinghai, and was the fourth president of Tsinghua University.

Like You Zheng, Li Yuanyuan was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2013. According to the official website of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Li Yuanyuan was born in October 1958, a native of Meixian County, Guangdong Province, a doctor of engineering, a professor, a doctoral supervisor, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He graduated from Hunan University in June 1982 with a bachelor's degree in casting, from South China University of Technology with a master's degree in casting in June 1987, and from South China University of Technology with a ph.D. in mechanical manufacturing in July 1998 (on-the-job study). In December 1998, he served as vice president of South China University of Technology and member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the University, and from March 1999 to November 2000, he also served as deputy secretary of the Party Committee of South China University of Technology. From September 2003 to December 2011, he served as President of South China University of Technology and Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the University. In September 2011, he was appointed president of Jilin University (vice minister level) and member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee (since April 2017, he has been the deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Jilin University). He was appointed President of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in October 2018 and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in November 2018.

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