Hou Jianguo
侯建国
President of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Assumed office
December 2020
Preceded byBai Chunli
Vice-President of Chinese Academy of Sciences
In office
March 2018 – December 2020
Preceded byLiu Weiping
Succeeded byYin Hejun
Party Branch Secretary of General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine
In office
June 2017 – March 2018
Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Guangxi
In office
November 2016 – June 2017
Preceded byLi Ke
Succeeded bySun Dawei
President of the University of Science and Technology of China
In office
September 2008 – January 2015
Preceded byZhu Qingshi
Succeeded byWan Lijun
Personal details
BornOctober 1959 (age 64)
Fuqing, Fujian, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materUniversity of Science and Technology of China
OccupationChemist, politician
Scientific career
FieldsNanomaterials
Molecule
InstitutionsUniversity of Science and Technology of China
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese侯建國
Simplified Chinese侯建国

Hou Jianguo (Chinese: 侯建国; born October 1959) is a Chinese chemist and politician. He served as party secretary of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine from 2017 to 2018. An accomplished research scientist, Hou is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences. He formerly served as president of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and has extensive international work experience.

Biography

Hou was born in Fuqing County, Fujian. He joined the workforce in October 1976 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in December 1985. He is a graduate of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and holds a master's degree in condensed matter physics. Between 1988 and 1995, he conducted research into crystallography and chemistry at the Soviet Academy of Sciences, the Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, and at the University of California, Berkeley and Oregon State University.

In 1995, he became a professor at USTC - in charge of the Structural Science Research Lab and dean of the Physics and Chemistry department. In 2000, he was named vice president of the university. In November 2003, he was elected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In November 2004, he became a member of The World Academy of Sciences. In September 2005, he was named executive vice president of the USTC, and promoted to president in 2008. On January 24, 2015, he became Deputy Minister of Science and Technology.[1]

In November 2016, he was named deputy party chief of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.[2]

In June 2017, he was named party branch secretary and deputy director of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.

In March 2018, he became vice-president of Chinese Academy of Sciences, rising to president in December 2020.[3]

Honours and awards

References

  1. ^ "人事观察 盘点："学院派"出身的高官有哪些？". 人民网. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
  2. ^ "科技部副部长侯建国任广西壮族自治区党委副书记". 澎湃新闻网. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  3. ^ Lu Chengkuan (陆成宽) (4 December 2020). 换帅！侯建国接任中国科学院院长. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 December 2020.
Educational offices Preceded byZhu Qingshi President of the University of Science and Technology of China 2008–2015 Succeeded byWan Lijun Party political offices Preceded byLi Ke [zh] Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Guangxi 2016-2017 Succeeded bySun Dawei Academic offices Preceded byLiu Weiping Vice-President of Chinese Academy of Sciences 2018-2020 Succeeded byYin Hejun Preceded byBai Chunli President of Chinese Academy of Sciences 2020 Incumbent
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