Li Yuanyuan (engineer)
Li Yuanyuan | |
|---|---|
李元元 | |
| Communist Party Secretary of Huazhong University of Science and Technology | |
| Assumed office 20 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Shao Xinyu |
| President of Huazhong University of Science and Technology | |
| In office 1 November 2018 – 20 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Ding Lieyun |
| Succeeded by | You Zheng |
| President of Jilin University | |
| In office September 2011 – October 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Zhan Tao |
| Succeeded by | Zhang Xi |
| President of South China University of Technology | |
| In office September 2003 – December 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Liu Huanbin |
| Succeeded by | Wang Yingjun |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 October 1958 Mei County, Guangdong, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma mater | Hunan University South China University of Technology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Powder metallurgy and casting |
| Institutions | Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
Li Yuanyuan (born 3 October 1958) is a Chinese engineer who is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, former president of South China University of Technology, Jilin University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and currently party secretary of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
He was a delegate to the 9th and 12th National People's Congress.
Biography
Li was born in Mei County (now Meixian District of Meizhou), Guangdong, on 3 October 1958.[1] In October 1973, he became a sent-down youth during the Down to the Countryside Movement. In 1978, he attended Hunan University, graduating in 1982 with a bachelor's degree in foundry science.[1] He also received his master's degree in foundry science in 1987 and doctor's degree in machine manufacturing in 1998 at South China University of Technology.[1]
After graduating in June 1982, he taught at his alma mater's Mechanical Department, and moved to South China University of Technology in June 1987, what he was promoted to associate professor in January 1992 and to full professor in December 1993. From February to May 1997, he was a visiting scholar at the Technical University of Berlin. In December 1998, he became vice president of South China University of Technology, rising to president in September 2003.[2] He was president of Jilin University from September 2011 to October 2018, a position at vice-ministerial level.[3] In May 2012, he was admitted to member of the standing committee of the Chinese Communist Party's Jilin Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. He took office as present of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in October 2018, and was promoted to CCP committee secretary, the top political position in the university, in October 2021.[4]
Honours and awards
- 2013 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)
References
- ^ a b c 李元元. Chinese Academy of Engineering (in Chinese). 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ Wang Yanan (王亚南) (1 November 2018). 李元元任华中科技大学校长(图/简历). sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Academician Li Yuanyuan-President of Jilin University-Invited to Attend the 7th China-South Korea University President Forum". Jilin University. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ 李元元任华中科技大学党委书记 尤政任华中科技大学校长. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- 1958 births
- Living people
- People from Meizhou
- Engineers from Guangdong
- Hunan University alumni
- South China University of Technology alumni
- Academic staff of the South China University of Technology
- Academic staff of Hunan University
- Presidents of South China University of Technology
- Presidents of Jilin University
- Presidents of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
- Delegates to the 9th National People's Congress
- Delegates to the 12th National People's Congress