Zhou Ji | |||||||||
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周济 | |||||||||
| President ofChinese Academy of Engineering | |||||||||
| In office June 11, 2010 – June 1, 2018 | |||||||||
| Premier | Wen Jiabao Li Keqiang | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Xu Kuangdi | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Li Xiaohong | ||||||||
| Minister of Education | |||||||||
| In office March 17, 2003 – October 31, 2009 | |||||||||
| Premier | Wen Jiabao | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Chen Zhili | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Yuan Guiren | ||||||||
| Mayor ofWuhan | |||||||||
| In office January 14, 2002 – April 28, 2002 Acting: December 31, 2001 – January 14, 2002 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Wang Shouhai | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Li Xiansheng | ||||||||
| President ofHuazhong University of Science and Technology | |||||||||
| In office June 25, 1997 – February 12, 2001 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Yang Shuzi | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Fan Mingwu | ||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||
| Born | (1946-08-26)August 26, 1946 (age 79) | ||||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||
| Alma mater | Tsinghua University Huazhong University of Science and Technology University at Buffalo | ||||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||||
| Fields | Mechanical engineering | ||||||||
| Institutions | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 周济 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 周濟 | ||||||||
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Zhou Ji (Chinese:周济; born August 26, 1946) is a Chinese mechanical engineer and politician. He served as China'sMinister of Education from 2003 to 2009 and President of theChinese Academy of Engineering from 2010 to 2018. Prior to that, served briefly as Mayor ofWuhan, the capital ofHubei Province.
Zhou is a native of Shanghai, and attendedTsinghua University in Beijing, where he graduated from in 1970, and received M.E. degree in mechanical engineering fromHuazhong University of Science and Technology in 1980. Zhou also acquired a doctorate from theUniversity at Buffalo, The State University of New York (PhD, '84, M.S.'81) in the United States. Much of his early career was spent at theHuazhong University of Science and Technology inWuhan, where he eventually rose to become the president ofHuazhong University of Science and Technology in 1997. He was elected as the fellow of theChinese Academy of Engineering in 1999. He then spent a tenure in the municipal government of Wuhan, where he served as deputy mayor and Mayor.[citation needed]
He was transferred to work in theMinistry of Education of the People's Republic of China in 2002 as its Vice-Minister, rising to the Minister position on March 17, 2003. At the re-elections of the2008 National People's Congress, Zhou received the fewest votes in favour out of any minister. He received 384 votes against, with 81 abstentions.[1] During Zhou's time in office, China's education system continued to be plagued byacademic dishonesty, corruption, and arbitrary fees, with no discernible signs of improvement. Zhou was also unpopular due to his introduction of 16 "officially sanctioned" educationalPeking Opera works, some of which allegedly included themes similar to those during theCultural Revolution.[1] These works were openly opposed by members of theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference in March 2009. He was removed in October 2009 at a regular session of the National People's Congress; he was replaced by deputyYuan Guiren.[2]
He was instead appointed deputy party secretary at theChinese Academy of Engineering in Beijing, a "less important but still significant post," according to theChronicle of Higher Education.[3] Stanley Rosen, director of the East Asian Studies Center at the University of Southern California, commented that Mr. Zhou's new post does not suggest serious punishment, and is "a sign that he's ascapegoat, not that he's corrupt."[3]
Due to the contribution in numeric control, computer-aided design, and design optimization, he was selected as the foreign associate of the United StatesNational Academy of Engineering in 2013.[4]
In 2018 he was elected anInternational Fellow of theRoyal Academy of Engineering in the UK.[5]
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| Preceded by | President ofHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1997–2001 | Succeeded by Fan Mingwu |
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| Preceded by Wang Shouhai | Mayor of Wuhan 2002–2002 | Succeeded by Li Xiansheng |
| Preceded by | Minister of Education 2003–2009 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | President ofChinese Academy of Engineering 2010–2018 | Succeeded by |
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