MICHIGAN-CHINA
UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP FORUM
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Ke GONG President, Nankai University
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Professor Ke Gong received his Ph.D. in Technological Science from Technical University Graz (Austria) in 1986. He was elected President of Nankai University in 2011. Prior to that, he served as Vice-President of Tsinghua University and President of Tianjin University. In 2009, he was newly elected as Vice President of World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) and the Chair of its Committee on Information and Communication. In 2011, he was selected one of the members of the “High Level Panel” on “Science, Technology and Innovation for Development” of UNESCO. Apart from his administrative responsibilities, he holds academic appointments as Vice President of the Chinese Institute of Electronics, Vice President of Chinese Institute of Communications, Member of the Standing Committee of China Association for Science and Technology and Deputy to the 15th National People's Congress, and Member of Standing Committee of Tianjin Municipal People's Congress. His research area covers wireless communications and radio wave propagation.
Nankai University
- Location: Tianjin
- Year of Founding: 1919
- Number of Students (Undergraduate and Graduate): 22,000
- Institutional Specializations: Science and Liberal Arts
- Schools and Colleges: 22
- Ph.D. Granted: Yes
- Medical School: Yes
- Website: http://www.nankai.edu.cn/
Delegation Deputy Head
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Yajie WANG |
Yajie Wang is a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Education Committee. In 2006 he was appointed as the Secretary of the Party Committee for Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and in 2011 he was elected as the Director for Beijing Hi-Tech University Union launched by 11 universities. He has been a visiting scholar at Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, and he has spent time in the United States studying the conditions of higher engineering education.
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT)
- Location: Beijing
- Year of Founding: 1955
- Number of Students (Undergraduate and Graduate): 22,400
- Institutional Specializations: Telecommunications and Computer Science
- Schools and Colleges: 17
- Ph.D. Granted: Yes
- Medical School: No
- Website: http://www.bupt.edu.cn
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Wenqi NIU |
University Representatives
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Guoyong CAO Chairman of the University Council, Beijing Jiaotong University |
Mr. Cao obtained dual bachelor degrees in Science and Education at the Department of Radio Electronics of Beijing Normal University. From 1999-2002, Mr. Cao was assistant Director-General of the Division of General Affairs of the Ministry of Education. From 2002-2010, Mr. Cao served as Deputy Director-General of the Division of General Affairs of the MOE. He received training at the National School of Administration in 2003. In 2010, Mr. Cao was appointed Chairman of the University Council of Beijing Jiaotong University.
Beijing Jiaotong University
- Location: Beijing
- Year of Founding: 1896
- Number of Students (Undergraduate and Graduate): 22,864
- Institutional Specializations: Engineering, Management, Economics, Science, and Humanities
- Schools and Institutes: 14
- Ph.D. Granted: Yes
- Medical School: No
- Website: http://en.njtu.edu.cn/
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Guoqiang CHEN Vice President, Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
Professor Chen got his Ph.D. in Hematology from Shanghai Second Medical University in 1996. He worked as a visiting scholar in the Institute of Hematology, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris in 1997, and visiting assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Mount-Sinai Medical Center, New York from 1999-2001. When he returned to China in 2001, he was appointed as the Director of the Department of Pathophysiology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, and has made great contributions on the basic research of leukemia.
Shanghai Jiaotong University
- Location: Shanghai
- Year of Founding: 1896
- Number of Students (Undergraduate and Graduate): 42,895
- Institutional Specializations: Engineering and Medical Science
- Schools and Colleges: 24
- Ph.D. Granted: Yes
- Medical School: Yes
- Website: http://www.sjtu.edu.cn
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Liming FAN Vice President of Shandong University |
Professor Fan was appointed as the Vice President of Shandong University in 2003. She received her Ph.D. from the Research Institute for Fiscal Science, Ministry of Finance in 1999, and is now a Professor of Economics and Ph.D. Supervisor. She was a visiting scholar at Duke University from 2001 - 2002. She is currently a member of the Steering Committee for Teaching Economics, Ministry of Education, and also serves as an executive member of both the Chinese Fiscal Science Institute and Chinese Taxation Institute. Her academic studies mainly focus on basic taxation theory, public goods supply, local financial operation, and public policy.
Shandong University
- Location: Jinan, Shandong Province
- Year of Founding: 1901
- Number of Students (Undergraduate and Graduate): 60,000
- Institutional Specializations: Material Science and Mathematics
- Schools and Colleges: 31
- Ph.D. Granted: Yes
- Medical School: Yes
- Website: http://www.sdu.edu.cn/
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Dongming GUO Executive Vice President, Dalian University of Technology |
Dr. Guo has served as Executive Vice President of Dalian University of Technology since 2009 and as Vice President from 2002 - 2009. He is an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. He was visiting scholar at Chuo University of Japan in 1995 and at Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology in 1998. From 2000 - 2001, he was a professorial fellow at University of Melbourne, Australia. He is the Vice President of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society (CMES), and Chair of their Production Engineering Institution. His research interests are in the areas of precision/super-precision and non-traditional machining technology.
Dalian University of Technology
- Location: Dalian, Liaoning Province
- Year of Founding: 1949
- Number of Students (Undergraduate and Graduate): 33,126
- Institutional Specializations: Science and Engineering
- Schools and Colleges: 18
- Ph.D. Granted: Yes
- Medical School: No
- Website: http://www.dut.edu.cn
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Jiecai HAN Vice President, Harbin Institute of Technology |
Professor Han is the Vice President of Harbin Institute of Technology and also a professor at the Center for Composite Materials. He received his Ph.D. in Composite Materials and Mechanics from Harbin Institute of Technology in 1992. During 1998-1999, he was a Visiting Professor of the Royal Society Fellowship, University of Nottingham. In 2008, Professor Han was appointed as Director of the National Key Laboratory of Advanced Composite for Special Environment. His research interests are Ceramic Matrix Composite, Functionally Graded Composite, Carbon-Carbon Composite, Characterization and Evaluation of Composite Materials, and Infrared Optical Materials.
Harbin Institute of Technology
- Location: Harbin, Heilongjiang Province
- Year of Founding: 1920
- Number of Students (Undergraduate and Graduate): 28,281
- Institutional Specializations: Science and Engineering
- Schools and Colleges: 21
- Ph.D. Granted: Yes
- Medical School: No
- Website: http://www.hit.edu.cn/
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Kejun KANG Vice-President, Tsinghua University |
Professor Kang, a physicist and an expert on Radiation Imaging, was appointed Vice President of Tsinghua University in charge of research affairs in 2004. He earned a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in the Department of Engineering Physics of Tsinghua University, where he was previously Deputy Dean and Dean. He has also been serving as the Director of the State Lab of Particle Technology and Radiation Imaging located in Tsinghua University since 1994.
Tsinghua University
- Location: Beijing
- Year of Founding: 1911
- Number of Students (Undergraduate and Graduate): 25,900
- Institutional Specializations: Economics, Engineering, Architecture, Physics, Chemistry, and Art and Design
- Schools and Colleges: 14
- Ph.D. Granted: Yes
- Medical School: Yes
- Website: www.tsinghua.edu.cn/eng/
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Junsheng LI Vice President, Central University of Finance and Economics |
Junsheng Li is Vice President and Professor at Central University of Finance and Economics. Professor Li oversees international graduate education and research. He received his Ph.D. in Economics in 1994 from the Graduate School of China Academy of Social Sciences. He has been a visiting professor at the East Asia Institute of Columbia University, New York, a participant in the training program of the World Bank, and a guest professor of the University of Waterloo, Canada. Professor Li’s research area is public finance, tax and corporate finance.
Central University of Finance and Economics
- Location: Beijing
- Year of Founding: 1949
- Number of Students (Undergraduate and Graduate): 8,000
- Institutional Specializations: Economics, Finance, and Management
- Schools and Colleges: 24
- Ph.D. Granted: Yes
- Medical School: No
- Website: http://www.cufe.edu.cn
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Pinghua LIN Executive Vice President, Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
Professor Lin is the Executive Vice President of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, as well as the Vice Director the Supervising Committee for the Course of Material Processing Engineering of the Ministry of Education. He received a Ph.D. in Engineering at Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan in 1994. Among several other significant positions, he has previously served as Vice President of Southeast University. Professor Lin’s research mainly focuses on casting engineering and solidification theory, casting alloy and smelting, metal functional materials, mechanical property and application of shape memory alloy, research and preparation of tissue engineering materials, and metal materials surface engineering.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Location: Wuhan, Hubei Province
- Year of Founding: 2000
- Number of Students (Undergraduate and Graduate): 55,966
- Institutional Specializations: Science
- Schools and Colleges: 30
- Ph.D. Granted: Yes
- Medical School: Yes
- Website: http://www.hust.edu.cn/
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Jianyong QIAO President, China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing |
Professor Jianyong Qiao obtained a Doctor of Science degree at Fudan University. He later completed his post-doctoral research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has acted as President of China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing since July 2003. Professor Qiao has been engaged in research on basic math and applied math for a long time, with his research achievements ranging over many areas such as complex analytical dynamical systems, the theory of meromorphic functions, and analytical methods used in physical and engineering practices.
China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing
- Location: Beijing
- Year of Founding: 1909
- Number of Students (Undergraduate and Graduate): 30,000
- Institutional Specializations: Mining Engineering
- Schools and Colleges: 18
- Ph.D. Granted: Yes
- Medical School: No
- Website: http://www.cumt.edu.cn/
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Peijun SHI Executive Vice President, Beijing Normal University |
Dr. Peijun Shi engages in the research on natural disasters and integrated disaster risk. He completed his Ph.D. in Geography at Beijing Normal University in 1988 and post doctoral work at the College of Natural Resources, University of California at Berkeley from 1995-1997. He has taken charge of more than 40 national or ministerial programs successively, published nearly 200 papers, 15 monographs, and obtained national and ministerial awards more than 20 times. Among other programs, he has undertaken a National Key Technologies R&D Program regarding technologies and demonstration of integrated risk governance.
Beijing Normal University
- Location: Beijing
- Year of Founding: 1902
- Number of Students (Undergraduate and Graduate): 19,000
- Institutional Specializations: Education, Science and Literature
- Schools and Colleges: 24
- Ph.D. Granted: Yes
- Medical School: No
- Website: http://www.bnu.edu.cn
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Tianwei TAN Vice President, Beijing University of Chemical Technology |
Professor Tianwei Tan is a specialist in biochemical engineering, and received a Ph.D. in 1993 from the Department of Chemical Engineering in Tsinghua University. Now he is Vice President of Beijing University of Chemical Technology. In 2011, Professor Tan was elected an Academician of the Chinese Engineering Academy. Professor Tan has been mainly engaged in biochemical academia, conducting extensive researches on lipase, enzyme immobilization, and enzymatic synthesis of chemicals.
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Location: Beijing
- Year of Founding: 1958
- Number of Students (Undergraduate and Graduate): 18,500
- Institutional Specializations: Science and Engineering
- Colleges: 11
- Ph.D. Granted: Yes
- Medical School: No
- Website: http://www.buct.edu.cn/
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Zhenwu WU Vice President, Jilin University |
Professor Wu was appointed Vice President & Dean of the Graduate School at Jilin University in 2008. He is Doctor of History. Previously, he served as the Assistant Dean of JLU Graduate School from 1996, and Assistant to the President and Executive Assistant Dean of JLU Graduate School from 2005. He has been invited to the United College, the Chinese University of Hong Kong as an advanced visiting scholar and as a researcher at the Department of Chinese Studies in 1995, and to the National Tsing Hua University of Taiwan as a guest professor in 2002. His research area is Chinese Paleography. He currently serves in numerous other roles, including President of the Association of Chinese Ancient Characters Research and Vice President of Association of Chinese Graphology.
Jilin University
- Location: Changchun, Jilin Province
- Year of Founding: 1946
- Number of Students (Undergraduate and Graduate): 62,000
- Institutional Specializations: Science, Engineering, Law, and Political Studies
- Schools and Colleges: 51
- Ph.D. Granted: Yes
- Medical School: Yes
- Website: http://www.jlu.edu.cn
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Jianxin XIE Vice President, University of Science and Technology Beijing |
Dr. Xie graduated from Central South Mining and Metallurgical Institute (now Zhongnan University) in 1982 and went to Japan for graduate study. He received his doctoral degree in 1991 from the Northeast University of Japan. He taught in Japan from 1991-1995, then returned to University of Science and Technology Beijing in 1995, where he was appointed Vice President in 2004. He is one of Ministry of Education’s Changjiang Scholars Program Distinguished Professors.
University of Science and Technology Beijing
- Location: Beijing
- Year of Founding: 1952
- Number of Students (Undergraduate and Graduate): 23,439
- Institutional Specializations: Metallurgy, Materials Science, and Engineering
- Schools and Colleges: 10
- Ph.D. Granted: Yes
- Medical School: No
- Website: http://www.ustb.edu.cn/
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Zongkai YANG President, Central China Normal University |
Dr. Yang received his Ph.D. in 1991 from Xi’an Jiaotong University. He was the Vice President of Central China Normal University, mainly in charge of research and graduate studies affairs from 2004- 2011, whereupon he was appointed as the President of Central China Normal University. He has also served as Vice Chairman of Department of Electronic and Information Engineering of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He has currently been appointed as Director of the Engineering Research Center for Education Information and Technology of the Ministry of Education, and as head of the technology expert group of National Teachers Network Alliance. Professor Yang’s research mainly focuses on education informationization.
Central China Normal University
- Location: Wuhan, Hubei Province
- Year of Founding: 1903
- Number of Students (Undergraduate and Graduate): 30,000
- Schools and Colleges: 21
- Ph.D. Granted: Yes
- Medical School: No
- Website: http://www.ccnu.edu.cn/
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Weiguo ZHANG President, Southwest University |
Professor Zhang was appointed President of Southwest University in 2011, having previously served as Vice President of Chongqing University from 2003 - 2011. He received a Ph.D. in Management at Chongqing University in 2003, and has been active in such fields as strategic management, local economy, business administration and financial management for higher education institutes. He has hosted and completed more than 20 scientific research programs at provincial or ministerial level, some of which are enterprise sponsored. Professor Zhang also holds significant positions such as Executive Director of the Chinese Educational Accounting Association and Director of the Chongqing Educational Accounting Association.
Southwest University
- Location: Chongqing
- Year of Founding: 1950
- Number of Students (Undergraduate and Graduate): 50,000
- Schools and Colleges: 29
- Ph.D. Granted: Yes
- Medical School: Yes
- Website: http://www.swnu.edu.cn
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Zhonghua ZHANG Chairman of University Council, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law |
Dr. Zhang received his Ph.D. in Investment and Finance from the Ministry of Finance Research Institute in 1991. He was appointed Vice President of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in 2000 and named as Chairman of the University Council in 2010. His research area is investment and allocation of fixed assets. He has published more than 20 monographs and over 100 academic papers in economics, finance, and investment.
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
- Location: Wuhan, Hubei Province
- Year of Founding: 1948
- Number of Students (Undergraduate and Graduate): 27,550
- Institutional Specializations: Economics, Law and Management
- Schools and Colleges: 18
- Ph.D. Granted: Yes
- Medical School: No
- Website: http://www.znufe.edu.cn
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Guanghong ZHOU President, Nanjing Agricultural University |
In addition to serving as President and Professor at Nanjing Agricultural University, Professor Zhou is the Director of the Nation Center of Meat Quality and Safety Control (MOST) and the USDA-MOST Joint Center of Food Quality and Safety Control as well as the Chairman of the Chinese Association of Animal Products Processing. He received his Ph.D. in Animal Physiology and Biochemistry at Nanjing Agricultural University in 1991 and is an expert in meat science and technology, meat safety, and animal nutrition and meat quality.
Nanjing Agricultural University
- Location: Nanjing, Jiangsu Province
- Year of Founding: 1902
- Number of Students (Undergraduate and Graduate): 32,130
- Schools and Colleges: 16
- Ph.D. Granted: Yes
- Medical School: No
- Website: http://www.njau.edu.cn
Ministry of Education Representatives
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Chunxia CONG |
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Yongsheng FANG |
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Ling LI |
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Hui SUN |
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