16 Notable alumni of
Harbin Institute of Technology
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Harbin Institute of Technology is 1444th in the world, 320th in Asia, and 29th in China by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from Harbin Institute of Technology sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Ma Xingrui
- Occupations
- military flight engineerengineerpolitician
- Biography
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Ma Xingrui is a Chinese politician and aerospace engineer who is a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. He served as the Party Secretary of Xinjiang from 2021 to 2025.
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Sun Yun-suan
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Sun Yun-suan was a Taiwanese engineer and politician. As minister of economic affairs from 1969 to 1978 and Premier of the Republic of China from 1978 to 1984, he was credited for overseeing the export-driven industrialization of Taiwan.
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Li Changchun
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Li Changchun is a retired Chinese politician and a former senior leader of the Chinese Communist Party. He served on the Politburo Standing Committee, the party's top leadership council, and as the top official in charge of propaganda, between 2002 and 2012. He also served as Chairman of the CCP Central Guidance Commission for Building Spiritual Civilization, de facto head of propaganda and media relations.
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Fang Binxing
- Enrolled in Harbin Institute of Technology
- 1986-1989 graduated with doctorate in computer science
- Occupations
- computer scientistengineerpolitician
- Biography
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Fang Binxing is a former Principal of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. He is also known for his substantial contribution to China's Internet censorship infrastructure, and has been dubbed "Father of China's Great Firewall". Fang is also known for his role in Russia's Internet censorship due to his relationship with Igor Shchyogolev, former Russian communications minister and Russian President Putin's deputy on Internet issues.
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Liu Guozhong
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Liu Guozhong is a Chinese politician and a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party who has served as a vice premier of China since March 2023.
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Wang Zhaoguo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wang Zhaoguo is a Chinese retired politician who came to prominence during the era of Deng Xiaoping.
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Jiao Yulu
- Years
- 1922-1964 (aged 42)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jiao Yulu was a Chinese politician. Jiao Yulu was considered to be an example of Mao Zedong's good student during the period of Mao's personality cult. After his death, a campaign to study Jiao Yulu's example was started in 1966. The aim of the campaign was to boost morale and to rally the people to work harder to overcome difficulties. Chinese Communist Party members in particular were called upon to follow Jiao Yulu's example by conducting more research and investigations into local conditions, and learn from his leadership style.
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Huai Jinpeng
- Occupations
- computer scientistpolitician
- Biography
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Huai Jinpeng is a Chinese computer scientist and politician who has served as the minister of education since 2021. He previously served as the party secretary of the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) from 2017 to 2021. He is a former academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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Lu Zhangong
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lu Zhangong is a Chinese politician. He is, since 2013, a Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and previously served as the Party Secretary of Fujian and Henan provinces, and Governor of Fujian.
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Chen Gang
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chen Gang is a Chinese politician, currently serving as Party Secretary of Guangxi. Previously he served as Chairperson of Qinghai Provincial People's Congress and Party Secretary of Qinghai. He also served as Party Secretary of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. He spent much of his career in Beijing, before being transferred to Guizhou as party chief of Guiyang. He then served as Party Secretary of the Xiong'an New Area and Vice Governor of Hebei, and a member of the Hebei provincial party standing committee.
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Xu Dazhe
- Occupations
- military flight engineer
- Biography
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Xu Dazhe is a Chinese politician and aerospace engineer. He was the Chinese Communist Party Secretary of Hunan. Previously, he was the Governor of Hunan.
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Ri Jong-ok
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ri Jong-ok was a North Korean politician who served as the premier of North Korea from 1977 to 1984.
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Peng Shilu
- Enrolled in Harbin Institute of Technology
- Studied in 1949-1951
- Occupations
- nuclear engineer
- Biography
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Peng Shilu was a Chinese nuclear engineer. Hailed as "the father of China's nuclear submarines" and the "father of China's naval nuclear propulsion", he was the first chief designer of the country's nuclear submarine project, directing his team to build China's first generation of nuclear submarines (Type 091 and Type 092). He was also the main designer for China's first nuclear power plants, and was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He served as deputy minister for China's Ministry of Shipbuilding Industry, and Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power.
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Wang Yong
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wang Yong is a Chinese politician who is currently a vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He previously served as a State Councilor of the People's Republic of China from 2013 to 2023.
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Song Jian
- Occupations
- cyberneticistmilitary flight engineer
- Biography
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Song Jian is a Chinese aerospace engineer, demographer, and politician. He was deputy chief designer of China's submarine-launched ballistic missile (JL-1) and one of the country's leading scientists in the post-Cultural Revolution era. After a decade of two-child restrictions in the 1970s, and following the Chinese government's announcement in 1979 to advocate for one child per family, he became a leading advocate for rapid implementation and broad coverage of China's one-child policy. He served in high-ranking political positions including Vice Minister of Aerospace Industry, Director of the State Science and Technology Commission (1985–1998), vice-premier-level State Councillor (1986–1998), President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Ni Hong
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ni Hong is a Chinese politician who is the current Minister of Housing and Urban–Rural Development, in office since June 2022.
