10 Notable alumni of
Hunan University
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Hunan University is 1945th in the world, 459th in Asia, and 44th in China by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 10 notable alumni from Hunan University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Ling Jihua
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- politician
- Biography
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Ling Jihua is a former Chinese politician and one of the principal political advisers of former leader Hu Jintao. Ling was best known for his tenure as chief of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party between 2007 and 2012. Ling was charged with corruption, bribery, and other misconduct and was sentenced to life imprisonment as part of a larger anti-corruption campaign carried out by Xi Jinping.
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Chen Pokong
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- writerhuman rights activistjournalistpolitical activist
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Chen Pokong, also known as Jinsong Chen (Chinese: 陳勁松), is a Chinese-American columnist, political commentator, author, television pundit, and YouTuber. Chen played a key role in organizing the democracy movement during the 1989 democracy protest in China, for which he was imprisoned and subsequently exiled to the United States.
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Jiang Chaoliang
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- politicianbanker
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Jiang Chaoliang is a Chinese politician and investor. In the past, he has served as the governor of Jilin province in Northeast China, and an executive at China Development Bank and the Agricultural Bank of China. Jiang is also a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. In February 2020, he was dismissed as the Communist Party Secretary of Hubei.
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Li Da
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- philosopherpoliticiantranslatorlinguist
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Li Da was an early Chinese Marxist philosopher and founding member of the Chinese Communist Party. He was heavily involved in bringing Marxism into China by translating Marxist literature into the Chinese language, editing, writing books, and teaching, among other things. He subscribed to and spread Orthodox Marxism throughout his life.
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Zhou Xiaozhou
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- politician
- Biography
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Zhou Xiaozhou was a Chinese politician and communist revolutionary, who served as Communist Party Secretary of Hunan from 1953 to 1957. He committed suicide during the Cultural Revolution.
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Xuedong D. Huang
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- computer scientistengineer
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Xuedong David Huang is a Chinese American computer scientist and technology executive who has made contributions to spoken language processing and artificial intelligence, including Azure AI Services. He is Zoom's chief technology officer after serving as Microsoft's Technical Fellow and Azure AI Chief Technology Officer for 30 years. Huang is a strong advocate of AI for Accessibility, and AI for Cultural Heritage.
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Geng Tan
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- politicianchemist
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Geng Tan is a Canadian engineer and former politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Don Valley North from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Liberal Party, Tan is the first Mandarin-speaker to be elected to the House of Commons.
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Fu Ziying
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- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Fu Ziying is a Chinese politician who served as director of the Macau Liaison Office from 2018 to 2022.
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Jiang Jianguo
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- politician
- Biography
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Jiang Jianguo is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He has been Director of the State Council Information Office and Deputy Director of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party from January 2015 to August 2018. He formerly served as Deputy Director of State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television. Prior to his positions in the national government, he served as Communist Party Secretary of Shaoyang city, and Mayor of Xiangtan city in his native Hunan province.
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Wang Shouwen
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- politician
- Biography
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Wang Shouwen is a Chinese economist and politician who is the current vice minister of commerce and international trade negotiation representative, in office since April 2015.
