Zou Xuexiao

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Zou Xuexiao
邹学校
President of Hunan Agricultural University
Assumed office
December 2018
Preceded byFu Shaohui
Personal details
Born (1963-07-24) 24 July 1963 (age 58)
Hengyang County, Hunan, China
Political partyCommunist Party of China
Alma materHunan Agricultural University
Nanjing Agricultural University
Scientific career
FieldsVegetables
InstitutionsHunan Agricultural University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese邹学校
Traditional Chinese鄒學校

Zou Xuexiao (born 24 July 1963) is a Chinese botanist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, currently serving as president of Hunan Agricultural University.

Biography[]

Zou was born in Tongzi Township, Hengyang County, Hunan, on 24 July 1963.[1] He has four siblings.[1] He secondary studied at Hengyang County No. 6 High School.[1] In 1979, he enrolled at Hunan Agricultural University where he received his bachelor's degree in vegetables in 1983 and his master's degree in genetic breeding in 1986.[1] He received his doctor's degree in agronomy from Nanjing Agricultural University in 2005.

In July 1986, he worked as an official at the Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, becoming director of Vegetable Research Institute in 1996, vice president in 2000, and president in 2005.[2] He joined the Communist Party of China in September 1994. In December 2018, he was appointed president of Hunan Agricultural University, replacing Fu Shaohui.

Personal life[]

Zou is married and has a daughter.[3]

Honours and awards[]

  • 1995 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)
  • 1999 National Labor Medal[2]
  • 2000 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)
  • 2003 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)
  • 2016 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)
  • 2017 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation[2]
  • 27 November 2017 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Wu Gongran (吴公然); Li Zi (李姿) (6 July 2018). 【改革开放40年】邹学校：农民从红薯裹腹到日子“火辣辣”. rednet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c 邹学校. cae.cn (in Chinese). 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  3. ^ “辣椒大王”邹学校的中国工程院院士之路. sina (in Chinese). 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  4. ^ Ding Xiao (丁晓), ed. (27 November 2017). 中国工程院产生67位新当选院士，比尔·盖茨当选外籍院士. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
Educational offices
Preceded by
Fu Shaohui
 President of Hunan Agricultural University
2018–present 		Incumbent
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