10 Notable alumni of
Lanzhou University
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Lanzhou University is 2450th in the world, 607th in Asia, and 62nd in China by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 10 notable alumni from Lanzhou 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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Xu Zhiyong
- Enrolled in Lanzhou University
- In 1994 graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- university teacherhuman rights activistlawyerlecturer
- Biography
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Xu Zhiyong is a Chinese civil rights activist and formerly a lecturer at the Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications. He was one of the founders of the NGO Open Constitution Initiative and an active rights lawyer in China who campaigned against corruption and helped those underprivileged. He is the main founder and icon of the New Citizens' Movement in China. In January 2014 he was sentenced to four years in prison for "gathering crowds to disrupt public order". He was detained again on February 15, 2020, in the southern city of Guangzhou after two months in hiding, for his participation in a meeting of rights activists and lawyers in Xiamen in December 2019 in which "democratic transition in China" was discussed. He was sentenced for subversion to 14 years in jail on April 10, 2023.
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Bo Yang
- Enrolled in Lanzhou University
- Studied in 1942
- Occupations
- translatorpoetwriterhistorianhuman rights activist
- Biography
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Bo Yang, sometimes also erroneously called Bai Yang, was a Chinese historian, novelist, philosopher, poet based in Taiwan. He is also regarded as a social critic. His best-known work is The Ugly Chinaman, a controversial book that was banned in mainland China; in it he harshly criticized Chinese culture and the national character of Chinese people. According to his own memoir, the exact date of his birthday was unknown even to himself. He later adopted 7 March, the date of his 1968 imprisonment, as his birthday.
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Qin Hui
- Occupations
- historianphilosopher
- Biography
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Qin Hui is a Chinese historian and public intellectual. He previously held the position of Professor of History, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing. He is now an adjunct professor in the Department of Government and Public Administration, at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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Shui Junyi
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Shui Junyi, is a Chinese Han journalist.
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Jiang Xinzhi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jiang Xinzhi, is a Chinese politician, serving as a senior official within the Chinese Communist Party. Since November 2017, he has been serving as the executive Deputy Head of the party’s Organization Department, under Chen Xi.
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Wang Xudong
- Occupations
- curator
- Biography
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Wang Xudong is a Chinese researcher and curator of the Palace Museum since 8 April 2019. Previously he served as director of Dunhuang Research Academy. He is an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Lu Hao
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lu Hao is a Chinese politician. He served as Communist Party Secretary of Gansu from 2007 to 2011.
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Lü Junchang
- Occupations
- paleontologist
- Biography
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Lü Junchang was a Chinese palaeontologist and professor at the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences. An expert on Mesozoic reptiles, he described and named dozens of dinosaur and pterosaur taxa including Tongtianlong, Qianzhousaurus, Heyuannia, Gannansaurus, Yunnanosaurus youngi, and Darwinopterus.
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Cang Hui
- Occupations
- environmental scientistresearcherecologist
- Biography
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Cang Hui is a mathematical ecologist at Stellenbosch University. His research interests are proposing models and theories for explaining emerging patterns of biodiversity, networks and adaptive traits in ecology and evolution.
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Wei Lijie
- Occupations
- paleontologist
- Biography
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Wei Lijie is a Chinese Antarctic researcher, best known for her work on the paleontology and stratigraphy of Tibet and the Antarctic.
