16 Notable alumni of
Southeast University
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Southeast University is 1905th in the world, 450th in Asia, and 42nd in China by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from Southeast 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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Li Zhi
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Li Zhi is a mainland Chinese music artist who was banned from People's Republic of China in April 2019. According to the China Daily newspaper published in 2015, Li was a music artist who sold out his concert tickets quickly. His 2014 New Year concert I/O sold out all 3,600 tickets in 13 minutes.
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Wang Shu
- Enrolled in Southeast University
- In 1985 graduated with bachelor's degree in architecture
- In 1988 graduated with master's degree in architecture
- Occupations
- university teacherarchitectpedagogue
- Biography
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Wang Shu is a Chinese architect based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. He is the dean of the School of Architecture of the China Academy of Art. With his practice partner and wife Lu Wenyu, he founded the firm Amateur Architecture Studio. In 2012, Wang became the first Chinese citizen to win the Pritzker Prize, the world's top prize in architecture. The award was the subject of some controversy since the Pritzker committee did not also award Lu Wenyu, his wife and architectural partner, despite their years of collaboration.
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Yang Weize
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Yang Weize is a former Chinese politician. He was the Communist Party Secretary of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, from 2011 to 2015. Prior to that, he served as the party secretary in the neighbouring city of Wuxi for seven years, and before that the Mayor of Suzhou. In 2015, Yang was put under investigation for corruption by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. He was tried and convicted on corruption charges and sentenced to twelve years and six months in prison in December 2016.
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Xia Peisu
- Occupations
- computer scientistuniversity teacherengineer
- Biography
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Xia Peisu or Pei-su Hsia was a Chinese computer scientist and educator known for her pioneering research in computer science and technology. The leading developer of Model 107, the nation's first domestically designed general-purpose electronic computer, she has been called the "Mother of Computer Science in China". She and her husband Yang Liming were both elected academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991. In 2010, she was honoured with the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from the China Computer Federation.
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Yung Ho Chang
- Occupations
- designerarchitectvisual artist
- Biography
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Yung Ho Chang is a Chinese-American architect and Professor of MIT Architecture. He was formerly the head of the Department of Architecture at MIT.
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Yang Huanming
- Occupations
- geneticist
- Biography
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Yang Huanming is a Chinese biologist, businessman and one of China's leading genetics researchers. He is Chairman and co-founder of the Beijing Genomics Institute, formerly of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was elected as member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2007, a foreign academician of Indian National Science Academy in 2009, a member of the German National Academy of Sciences in 2012, and foreign associate of the US National Academy of Science in 2014.
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Yan Jici
- Occupations
- physicisteducatormathematicianpolitician
- Biography
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Yan Jici, also commonly known as Ny Tsi-ze, was a Chinese physicist and politician who is considered a founder of modern physics in China. He was a founding member of Academia Sinica in 1948 and of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 1955. He served as founding director of the CAS Institute of Physics and the second president of the University of Science and Technology of China (1980–1984).
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Hu Huanyong
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- politiciangeographerdemographer
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Hu Huanyong was a Chinese demographer and the founder of China's population geography. He was born in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. He studied literature, history, and geography at Nanjing Higher Normal School. He continued his education at the University of Paris from 1926 to 1928. He returned to China and began teaching at National Central University where he was eventually appointed dean of the Department of Geography. He began teaching at East China Normal University (ECNU) in Shanghai in 1953, and in 1957 he became director of the research office of population geography at ECNU (which he helped to establish), the first demographic research institution in China.
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Wu Liangyong
- Occupations
- architecturban planner
- Biography
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Wu Liangyong is a Chinese architect and urban planner. He was a former professor in urban planning, architecture, and design. In preparation to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was leading the team that studied the buildings of the games. He is considered the most influential architect and urban planner in China.
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Hou Yao
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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Hou Yao was a pioneering Chinese film director, screenwriter, and film theorist. He wrote and directed many films including The Discarded Wife (1924), Romance of the Western Chamber (1927), the first Chinese film shown in Western countries, and Mulan Joins the Army (1928). He wrote Techniques of Writing Shadowplay Scripts, the first theory book on Chinese filmmaking. He founded the Culture Film Company, which was merged into a predecessor of the Shaw Brothers Studio. He has been called the Chinese Henrik Ibsen for his advocacy for gender equality, which he shared with his wife Pu Shunqing.
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Huang Xiaojing
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Huang Xiaojing is a politician of the People's Republic of China and a former governor of Fujian Province.
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Liu Xiaoming
- Occupations
- lecturerpolitician
- Biography
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Liu Xiaoming is a Chinese professor and politician, currently serving as governor of Hainan province. He was the former deputy party secretary of Guangxi from 2021 to 2023.
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Zhou Ren
- Occupations
- metallurgist
- Biography
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Zhou Ren was a Chinese materials engineer and metallurgist. He was an educator and one of the founders of the Science Society of China, a major science organization in the 20th century before the establishment of the Communist State.
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Pu Shunqing
- Occupations
- screenwriteractor
- Biography
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Pu Shunqing was a Chinese screenwriter, playwright, assistant director, and actress. A feminist writer and champion of women's liberation, she is considered the first female screenwriter in China. Her husband Hou Yao was also a Chinese film pioneer and advocate for gender equality, and the couple influenced each other's style.
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Yong Rui
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Yong Rui is the chief technology officer and senior vice president of Lenovo Group. He is in charge of Lenovo's technical strategy, research and development directions, and Lenovo Research, one of Lenovo's most important innovation engines.
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Luo Shuzhang
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Luo Shuzhang was a Chinese politician. Prior to joining the Chinese Communist Party in 1935, Luo was a teacher. A women's rights activist, she served as Vice Minister at several ministries from 1954 till her retirement in 1965. Luo died in Beijing aged 92.
