Li Yuanyuan (engineer)

This article is about a Chinese engineer. For the Chinese swimmer, see Li Yuanyuan (swimmer).

In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

Li Yuanyuan (born 3 October 1958) is a Chinese engineer who is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, former president of South China University of Technology, Jilin University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and currently party secretary of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

Li Yuanyuan
李元元
Communist Party Secretary of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 October 2021
Preceded by	Shao Xinyu
President of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
In office 1 November 2018 – 20 October 2021
Preceded by	Ding Lieyun
Succeeded by	You Zheng
President of Jilin University
In office September 2011 – October 2018
Preceded by	Zhan Tao
Succeeded by	Zhang Xi
President of South China University of Technology
In office September 2003 – December 2011
Preceded by	Liu Huanbin [zh]
Succeeded by	Wang Yingjun [zh]
Personal details
Born	(1958-10-03) 3 October 1958 (age 66) Mei County, Guangdong, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Hunan University South China University of Technology
Scientific career
Fields	Powder metallurgy and casting
Institutions	Huazhong University of Science and Technology

He was a delegate to the 9th and 12th National People's Congress.

Biography

Li was born in Mei County (now Meixian District of Meizhou), Guangdong, on 3 October 1958.^[1] In October 1973, he became a sent-down youth during the Down to the Countryside Movement. In 1978, he attended Hunan University, graduating in 1982 with a bachelor's degree in foundry science.^[1] He also received his master's degree in foundry science in 1987 and doctor's degree in machine manufacturing in 1998 at South China University of Technology.^[1]

After graduating in June 1982, he taught at his alma mater's Mechanical Department, and moved to South China University of Technology in June 1987, what he was promoted to associate professor in January 1992 and to full professor in December 1993. From February to May 1997, he was a visiting scholar at Technische Universität Berlin. In December 1998, he became vice president of South China University of Technology, rising to president in September 2003.^[2] He was president of Jilin University from September 2011 to October 2018, a position at vice-ministerial level.^[3] In May 2012, he was admitted to member of the standing committee of the Chinese Communist Party's Jilin Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. He took office as present of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in October 2018, and was promoted to CCP committee secretary, the top political position in the university, in October 2021.^[4]

Honours and awards

• 2013 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)