Zhou Ji (born 1946)
Zhou Ji | |||||||||
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Giúp đỡ | |||||||||
President ofChinese Academy of Engineering | |||||||||
In office June 11, 2010 – June 1, 2018 | |||||||||
Premier | Wen Jiabao Li Keqiang | ||||||||
Preceded by | Xu Kuangdi | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Li Xiaohong | ||||||||
Minister of Education | |||||||||
In office March 17, 2003 – October 31, 2009 | |||||||||
Premier | Wen Jiabao | ||||||||
Preceded by | Chen Zhili | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Yuan Guiren | ||||||||
Mayor ofWuhan | |||||||||
In office January 14, 2002 – April 28, 2002 Acting: December 31, 2001 – January 14, 2002 | |||||||||
Preceded by | Wang Shouhai | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Li Xiansheng | ||||||||
President ofHuazhong University of Science and Technology | |||||||||
In office June 25, 1997 – February 12, 2001 | |||||||||
Preceded by | Yang Shuzi | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Fan Mingwu | ||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||
Born | Hankow,Hupeh,Republic of China (nowWuhan,Hubei,China) | August 26, 1946||||||||
Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||
Alma mater | Tsinghua University Huazhong University of Science and Technology University at Buffalo | ||||||||
Scientific career | |||||||||
Fields | Mechanical engineering | ||||||||
Institutions | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | ||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||
Simplified Chinese | ChuTế | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | ChuTế | ||||||||
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Zhou Ji(Chinese:Giúp đỡ;born August 26, 1946) is a Chinese mechanical engineer and politician. He served as China's Minister of Education from 2003 to 2009 and President of theChinese Academy of Engineeringfrom 2010 to 2018. Prior to that, served briefly as Mayor ofWuhan,the capital ofHubeiProvince.
Biography[edit]
Zhou is a native of Shanghai, and attendedTsinghua Universityin Beijing, where he graduated from in 1970, and received M.E. degree in mechanical engineering fromHuazhong University of Science and Technologyin 1980. Zhou also acquired a doctorate from theUniversity at Buffalo, The State University of New York(PhD, '84, M.S.'81) in the United States. Much of his early career was spent at theHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyinWuhan,where he eventually rose to become the president ofHuazhong University of Science and Technologyin 1997. He was elected as the fellow of theChinese Academy of Engineeringin 1999. He then spent a tenure in the municipal government of Wuhan, where he served as deputy mayor and Mayor.[citation needed]
He was transferred to work in theMinistry of Education of the People's Republic of Chinain 2002 as its Vice-Minister, rising to the Minister position on March 17, 2003. At the re-elections of the2008 National People's Congress,Zhou received the fewest votes in favour out of any minister. He received 384 votes against, with 81 abstentions.[1]During Zhou's time in office, China's education system continued to be plagued byacademic dishonesty,corruption, and arbitrary fees, with no discernible signs of improvement. Zhou was also unpopular due to his introduction of 16 "officially sanctioned" educationalPeking Operaworks, some of which allegedly included themes similar to those during theCultural Revolution.[1]These works were openly opposed by members of theChinese People's Political Consultative Conferencein March 2009. He was removed in October 2009 at a regular session of the National People's Congress; he was replaced by deputyYuan Guiren.[2]
He was instead appointed deputy party secretary at theChinese Academy of Engineeringin Beijing, a "less important but still significant post," according to theChronicle of Higher Education.[3]Stanley Rosen, director of the East Asian Studies Center at the University of Southern California, commented that Mr. Zhou's new post does not suggest serious punishment, and is "a sign that he's ascapegoat,not that he's corrupt. "[3]
Due to the contribution in numeric control, computer-aided design, and design optimization, he was selected as the foreign associate of the United StatesNational Academy of Engineeringin 2013.[4]
In 2018 he was elected anInternational Fellowof theRoyal Academy of Engineeringin the UK.[5]
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References[edit]
- ^abCảng báo: Viên quý nhân có hi vọng tiếp nhận chức vụ Trung Quốc giáo dục bộ trưởngArchivedFebruary 20, 2012, at theWayback Machine
- ^Chinese education minister sacked for corruption.Times of India
- ^ab"News Analysis: What the Shakeup in China's Education Ministry Could Mean for Reform" by Nara HvistendahllinkChronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 4, 2009.
- ^"National Academy of Engineering Elects 69 Members and 11 Foreign Associates".
- ^"50 engineering leaders become Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering".RetrievedSeptember 21,2018.
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