16 Notable alumni of
Harbin Institute of Technology
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Harbin Institute of Technology is 1477th in the world, 325th 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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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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Ma Xingrui
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- engineerpoliticianmilitary flight engineer
- Biography
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Ma Xingrui is a Chinese politician and aerospace engineer who is the Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang and a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Li Changchun
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- 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. Li had a widely varying political career spanning three provinces, first as Governor of Liaoning, then Party Secretary of Henan, and then CCP Committee Secretary of Guangdong, before being promoted to the national leadership in 2002. He retired in 2012.
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Fang Binxing
- Enrolled in Harbin Institute of Technology
- 1986-1989 graduated with doctorate in computer science
- Occupations
- engineerpoliticiancomputer scientist
- 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 Fire Wall". 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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Wang Zhaoguo
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- 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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Liu Guozhong
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- 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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Jiao Yulu
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- 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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Wang Yong
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- 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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Lu Zhangong
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- 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 Communist Party Secretary of Fujian and Henan provinces, and Governor of Fujian.
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Huai Jinpeng
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- computer scientistpolitician
- Biography
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Huai Jinpeng is a Chinese computer scientist and politician. He is the current Minister of Education, party secretary of the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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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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Xu Dazhe
- Occupations
- military flight engineer
- Biography
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Xu Dazhe is a Chinese politician and aerospace engineer. He was CPC Secretary of Hunan province. Previously, he was the Governor of Hunan.
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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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Chen Gang
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- politician
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Chen Gang is a Chinese politician, currently serving as Communist Party Secretary of Guangxi. Previously he served as Chairperson of Qinghai Provincial People's Congress and Communist Party Secretary of Qinghai. He also served as Communist 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 Communist 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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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.
