Intensive personnel adjustments in universities, academicians assume new positions as university presidents

　　China News Service, Beijing, March 23 (Shao Meng) Recently, there have been intensive personnel changes in the leadership teams of universities, and some academicians from the two academies have taken up new posts as university presidents.

Adjustments to the leadership teams of many subordinate universities

　　According to the official website of the Ministry of Education on March 19, the central government recently approved that Zhang Liqun was appointed president (vice ministerial level) and deputy secretary of the party committee of Xi'an Jiaotong University; Wang Shuguo no longer serves as president and deputy secretary of the party committee of Xi'an Jiaotong University.

　　Public information shows that Zhang Liqun was born in February 1969. He has a doctorate in engineering and is a professor. He was the vice president of Beijing University of Chemical Technology. Prior to this appointment, he served as president and deputy secretary of the Party Committee of South China University of Technology.

  On the day of the graduation ceremony of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Lu Jianjun, Secretary of the Party Committee of the school, held an umbrella for President Wang Shuguo. Photo courtesy of Xi'an Jiaotong University

　　Wang Shuguo, who resigned as president of Xi'an Jiaotong University this time, is over 65 years old (born in October 1958). He has served successively as vice president of Harbin Institute of Technology, director of the Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Science and Technology, secretary of the Party Leadership Group, and president of Harbin Institute of Technology. He has served as the president of Xi'an Jiaotong University for nearly 10 years. He "out of the circle" because of his frequent golden quotes in public speeches and became an "Internet celebrity president". On July 2 last year, at the graduate graduation ceremony of Xi'an Jiaotong University, heavy rain suddenly fell while Wang Shuguo was delivering his unscripted speech. Lu Jianjun, secretary of the party committee of the school, came up behind him and held up an umbrella for him. Netizens called him "the best gift for graduates." A good lesson."

　　On the 18th, Nankai University in Tianjin also ushered in personnel adjustments. Zhu Shoufei, a "post-75s generation", was appointed as the vice president of Nankai University (with a one-year probation period). He has served at Nankai University for many years and was the dean of the School of Chemistry of Nankai University and the president of Nankai University. Executive Vice Dean of the Graduate School and other positions.

　　Earlier on February 22, Cao Ping assumed the new position of Secretary of the Party Committee of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, and Hu Jun became the new President and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Cao Ping previously served as executive deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Sichuan University (department level); Hu Jun has been working at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China for a long time. Before this adjustment, he served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

Several academicians assume new positions as university presidents

　　In recent years, the “academician president” and “academician secretary” in colleges and universities have attracted much public attention. Zhang Liqun, the above-mentioned new president of Xi'an Jiaotong University, has academic status as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

  Zhang Liqun. Source: South China University of Technology official website

　　According to the website of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Zhang Liqun is an expert in rubber materials, mainly engaged in the research of high-performance rubber nanocomposites, green rubber materials and special functional rubber materials. He will be elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2021.

　　The University of Nottingham Ningbo Ningbo has recently welcomed academician leaders. On March 7, the University of Nottingham Ningbo China announced that Xie Xincheng, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and an academician of the Academy of Developing Countries, was officially appointed as the president of the university. Xie Xincheng is a condensed matter physicist who has long been engaged in theoretical research on condensed matter physics. In 2015, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

　　In addition, the official website of Guangzhou Southern University was updated on February 27, showing that Tang Tao, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the European Academy of Sciences, and the Academy of Developing Countries, has been appointed as the president of Guangzhou Southern University and will take office in the near future. Tang Tao is a computational mathematician, mainly engaged in computational mathematics research. He was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2017.

New Party Secretary of BSU takes office

　　During this adjustment, the candidate for the new party committee secretary of Beijing Sport University has also attracted much attention.

  Fan prepares for war. Source: Beijing Sport University official website

　　According to the official website of Beijing Sport University, on March 18, the Party Leadership Group of the State Sports General Administration held a cadre appointment and dismissal meeting at Beijing Sport University, announcing that Fan Zhanbei was a member of the Standing Committee and Secretary of the Party Committee of the school, the director of the Cadre Training Center of the State Sports General Administration, and the Coaches Academy of the State Sports General Administration. Dean; announced Zhang Ruihua as member of the Standing Committee and deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Sport University, deputy director of the Cadre Training Center of the State Sports General Administration, and deputy director of the Coaches College of the State Sports General Administration.

　　Public information shows that Fan Zhanbei was born in July 1972. He served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Beijing Sport University, Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, and Deputy Secretary of the School Party Committee. In 2018, Fan Zhanbei served as Secretary of the Party Committee of the Swimming Management Center of the State Sports General Administration, and later served as deputy leader (director-level) and first-level senior supervisor of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission of the State Sports General Administration. Zhang Ruihua previously served as deputy director of the Personnel Department of the State Sports General Administration.

　　Not long ago, Cao Weidong, the former Party Secretary of Beijing Sport University, was dismissed. The website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission reported on March 15 that Cao Weidong, secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Sport University, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is under review and investigation by the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission of the State Sports General Administration and the Changchun Municipal Supervision Commission of Jilin Province. (over)