Jiang Mianheng
江绵恒
Born (1951-04-08) 8 April 1951 (age 73)
Shanghai, China
EducationFudan University
Drexel University (PhD)
Occupation(s)Academic administrator, businessman, politician
TitleVice-President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
President of ShanghaiTech University
Co-founder of Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
ChildrenAlvin Jiang (Jiang Zhicheng)
Parents
RelativesJiang Miankang (brother)
Jiang Zhiyun (niece)
Wu Zhiming (cousin)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese江绵恒
Traditional Chinese江綿恆

Jiang Mianheng (Chinese: 江绵恒; born 8 April 1951) is a Chinese academic administrator, businessman, and politician. He has served as Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the first President of ShanghaiTech University. He is the eldest son of Jiang Zemin, former President of the People's Republic of China.

Biography

Jiang is one of the co-founders of the Shanghai-based Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, which gained some coverage in the US press for their employment of Bush family member Neil Bush as a general consultant.[1][2] He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University with a dissertation titled Point contact tunneling study of the high transition temperature superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 in 1991,[3] where his father went for a visit in 1997.[4] Jiang also served as one of the head researchers for the Chinese space program. In 2007, he failed to win nomination as a delegate to the 17th Party Congress.

He served as one of the Vice Presidents in the Chinese Academy of Sciences up until November 2011,[5][6] then he became President of the academy's Shanghai branch until 2015.[7] In 2014 he was appointed president of the newly established ShanghaiTech University.[7]

Jiang has headed a number of national research programs in alternative energy and other technologies: "coal liquefaction, electric cars, mobile phone networks, particle accelerators, spaceships, lunar satellites and liquid fluoride thorium reactor."[8]

References

  1. ^ Clendenin, Mike (12 February 2004). "China foundry's expansion plans may include IPO". EE Times. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Bush's younger brother quizzed over $2m deal". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2003-11-26. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  3. ^ Chinese Academy of Sciences Archived 2007-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Jiang Gives Address At Drexel University | The Harvard Crimson". archive.ph. 2013-02-03. Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2022-01-30.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ [1] Archived August 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Singtao news 11-19-2011 section A2. 不再擔任江綿恆去向有玄機.
  7. ^ a b Mimi Leung and Yojana Sharma (9 March 2014). "'Princeling' named head of new Shanghai university". University World News. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  8. ^ "Jiang's son loses out in bid for top science post". South China Morning Post. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
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