Wu Zhaohui
吴朝晖
Wu in 2023
Vice President of theChinese Academy of Sciences
Incumbent
Assumed office April 2024
President	Hou Jianguo
Preceded by	Yin Hejun
President ofZhejiang University
In office May 2015 – December 2022
Preceded by	Lin Jianhua
Succeeded by	Du Jiangfeng
Personal details
Born	December 1966 (age 58) Wenzhou,Zhejiang
Parent	Wu Xuequan
Residence(s)	Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Alma mater	Zhejiang University
Known for	Cyborg intelligence
Awards	Member of theChinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	吳朝暉
Simplified Chinese	吴朝晖
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wú Zhāohuī

Wu Zhaohui (Chinese:吴朝晖; born December 1966) is a Chinese computer scientist. He is a professor who had served as president ofZhejiang University from 2015 to 2022. He was elected to theChinese Academy of Sciences in 2017.^[1][2][3][4]

Wu was born inWenzhou,Zhejiang in December 1966. His father Wu Xuequan was academic director of Wenzhou No. 7 High School.^[5] He has a younger sister.^[5] He enteredZhejiang University in 1984, where he received his Ph.D. in computer science in 1993.^[6]

Wu is a professor in the College of Computer Science and Technology at Zhejiang University before he was named in May 2015 to be President of the university. In 2007, he was assistant to university president and then vice president and executive vice president. Currently, he also serves as a director of the National Panel of Modern Service Industry, vice president of the China Association of Higher Education, and vice president of the Chinese Health Information Association.

In November 2022, Wu became the vice minister ofMinistry of Science and Technology.

In April 2024, Wu was appointed as vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), a position at (ministerial level).

Wu's major research is focused on cyborg intelligence in the computer science and technology discipline. He was a chief scientist in the 973 Project and an information expert in the 863 Project. His research covers cyborg intelligence, A.I., service computing, and computational intelligence.^[7][8]

• Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2017)

• 1966 births
• Living people
• Alternate members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
• Chinese computer scientists
• Educators from Wenzhou
• Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Presidents of Zhejiang University
• Scientists from Wenzhou
• Zhejiang University alumni

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