Shan Zhongde (Chinese: 单忠德; born January 1970) is a Chinese engineer and currently one of the Deputy Ministers of Industry and Information Technology of China. He previously served as researcher and doctoral supervisor of China Academy of Machinery Science and Technology.[1]

Shan Zhongde
BornJanuary 1970 (age 54)
Gaomi, Shandong, China
Alma materXi'an University of Technology
Tsinghua University
Scientific career
FieldsMachine manufacturing
InstitutionsChina Academy of Machinery Science and Technology Group Co., Ltd.
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShàn Zhōngdé

Biography

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Shan was born in Gaomi, Shandong, in January 1970. He received his master's degree and doctor's degree from Xi'an University of Technology in 1993 and 1996, respectively. In 2002 he obtained his doctor's degree from Tsinghua University. Then he became a visiting scholar at Cardiff University. he was a postdoctoral fellow at Tsinghua University between 2003 and 2006.

In 2014 he was appointed vice-president of China Academy of Machinery Science and Technology.[2] He has been deputy general manager of China Academy of Machinery Science and Technology Group Co., Ltd. since March 2018.

In June 2020, he was appointed as head of the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and in November of the same year, he was appointed the chief of the Chinese Communist Party committee at the university. In February 2024, he was appointed as one of the deputy ministers of Industry and Information Technology.[3]

Honours and awards

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References

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  1. ^ 科学中国人2014年度人物机械运载领域候选人. sina (in Chinese). 20 May 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  2. ^ Wan Wanying (王婉莹) (21 April 2014). 单忠德任机械科学研究总院副院长(图|简历). ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  3. ^ Zhuang, Sylvie (2024-02-23). "Head of leading Chinese defence university sanctioned by US promoted to vice-minister for industry". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  4. ^ 中国工程院2019年当选院士名单 [List of Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2019]. CAE (in Chinese). 22 November 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.