Qiu Yong

Qiu Yong (Chinese: 邱勇; pinyin: Qiū Yǒng; born 28 July 1964) is a Chinese chemist. He is the current party secretary of Tsinghua University.[1][2][3][4] Qiu is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Qiu.
Qiu Yong
邱勇
Communist Party Secretary of Tsinghua University
Assumed office
February 2022
Preceded byChen Xu
President of Tsinghua University
In office
March 2015 – February 2022
Preceded byChen Jining
Succeeded byWang Xiqin
Personal details
Born (1964-07-28) July 28, 1964
Rong County, Sichuan, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materTsinghua University

Biography

Qiu was born and raised in Rong County, Sichuan. He entered Tsinghua University in September 1983, majoring in chemistry and chemical engineering and graduated in July 1988. He received his PhD in 1994, and subsequently joined the faculty.[1]

Qiu served as director of the Department of Chemistry and deputy dean of the School of Sciences, Tsinghua University. He served as vice president in December 2009, and in March 2015 he became president of Tsinghua University.[5]

He was honored as a Distinguished Young Scholar by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Chinese: 国家杰出青年科学基金) in 2003.

He was awarded as a Chang Jiang Scholar by the Chinese Ministry of Education in 2006.

He was elected as a fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2013.

In February 2022, he was appointed party secretary of Tsinghua University.

Award
  • 2011 First Award for National Technical Invention

References
  1. "State Council Appoints Dr. Qiu Yong President of Tsinghua University". Tsinghua University. 2015-03-26. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
  2. "The new president of Tsinghua University Qiu Yong: To learn to endure "wide pine"". Fireinews. 2015-03-26. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
  3. "新一轮大学换帅密集进行 谁在执掌"985""211"?（全文）". 163.com (in Chinese). 2015-03-27. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
  4. "清华北航浙大3所高校同日换校长 均为校内提拔". China.com (in Chinese). 2015-03-27. Archived from the original on 2015-03-31.
  5. Chen Meina (2015-03-27). "State Council Appoints Dr. Qiu Yong President of Tsinghua University". China Social Sciences. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
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