Huai Jinpeng
Huai Jinpeng | |||
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怀进鹏 | |||
Minister of Education of the People's Republic of China | |||
Assumed office 20 August 2021 | |||
Premier | Li Keqiang | ||
Preceded by | Chen Baosheng | ||
Party Branch Secretary of the China Association for Science and Technology | |||
In office September 2017 – July 2021 | |||
Chairman | Wan Gang | ||
Preceded by | Shang Yong | ||
Succeeded by | Zhang Yuzhuo | ||
Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Tianjin | |||
In office December 2016 – September 2017 | |||
Communist Party Secretary | Li Hongzhong | ||
Preceded by | Wang Dongfeng | ||
Succeeded by | |||
President of Beihang University | |||
In office May 2009 – March 2015 | |||
Preceded by | Li Wei | ||
Succeeded by | Xu Huibin | ||
Personal details | |||
Born | Harbin, Heilongjiang, China | 20 December 1962||
Political party | Communist Party of China | ||
Alma mater | Jilin University | ||
Chinese name | |||
Simplified Chinese | 怀进鹏 | ||
Traditional Chinese | 懷進鵬 | ||
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Huai Jinpeng (Chinese: 怀进鹏; born December 1962) is a Chinese computer scientist and politician. He is the current party secretary of the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Biography[]
Huai was born in Harbin but traces his ancestry to Jinan, Shandong province. He graduated from Jilin University of Industry (now merged into Jilin University) in 1984. He joined the Communist Party of China in January 1986, and began work in September 1987 after obtaining a computer science master's degree at the Harbin Institute of Technology. In November 1993, he earned a doctorate from Beihang University. He also attended Columbia University as a visiting scholar between 1995 and 1996.[1][2] In December 2000, he was named deputy party chief and vice president of Beihang University. In May 2009, he was promoted to president of the university, obtaining vice-minister level rank. In 2009 he was elected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Science.[3]
In February 2015, Huai was named Deputy Minister of Information Technology. In December 2016, Huai was named deputy party chief of Tianjin. In September 2017, Huai was transferred to become party secretary of the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST).[4]
On 20 August 2021, he was appointed Minister of Education.[5]
Huai is a deputy to the 12th National People's Congress and a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.[6]
References[]
- ^ "China names top computer scientist as head of education ministry". South China Morning Post. 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ^ "怀进鹏已任教育部党组书记,曾任中国科协党组书记、北航校长_工作". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ^ 中国科学院学部与院士·院士信息·信息技术科学部·怀进鹏 Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 中共中央批准:怀进鹏任天津市委副书记. thepaper.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 2016-12-12.
- ^ Wu Xiaodong (武晓东) (20 August 2021). 怀进鹏任教育部部长!创了十八大以来的一个首例. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ 全国人大代表信息-怀进鹏. npc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Beihang University alumni
- Beihang University faculty
- Presidents of Beihang University
- Chinese computer scientists
- Harbin Institute of Technology alumni
- Jilin University alumni
- Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Politicians from Harbin
- Political office-holders in Tianjin
- Scientists from Heilongjiang
- Columbia University alumni