Hou Jianguo

Hou Jianguo (Chinese: 侯建国; born October 1959) is a Chinese chemist and politician. He has been party secretary of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine since 2017. An accomplished research scientist, Hou is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences. He formerly served as President of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and has extensive international work experience.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Hou.

Biography

Hou was born in Fuqing County, Fujian. He joined the workforce in October 1976 and joined the Communist Party of China in December 1985. He is a graduate of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and holds a master's degree in condensed matter physics. Between 1988 and 1995, he conducted research into crystallography and chemistry at the Soviet Academy of Sciences, the Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, and at the University of California, Berkeley and Oregon State University.

In 1995, he became a professor at USTC - in charge of the Structural Science Research Lab and dean of the Physics and Chemistry department. In 2000, he was named vice president of the University. In November 2003, he was elected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In November 2004, he became a member of The World Academy of Sciences. In September 2005, he was named executive vice president of the USTC, and promoted to president in 2008. On January 24, 2015, he became Deputy Minister of Science and Technology.[1]

In November 2016, he was named deputy party chief of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.[2]

In June 2017, he was named head of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.

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gollark: Or very small computers.
gollark: I mean, if you could do that maybe you could... build machinery which assembles other quark-scale stuff, somehow.
gollark: Yes, just casually edit the strong nuclear force.
gollark: > wake me up when they finally create quark chem<@206392503509843969> IIRC you can't work with quarks on their own because they only like to exist in groups for unfathomable physics reasons.

References
  1. "人事观察 盘点："学院派"出身的高官有哪些？". 人民网. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
  2. "科技部副部长侯建国任广西壮族自治区党委副书记". 澎湃新闻网. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Li Ke		 Deputy Communist Party Secretary of
the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
2016–2017		 Succeeded by
Sun Dawei
Political offices
Preceded by
Zhi Shuping		 Chairman of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine
2017–		 Incumbent
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