19 Notable alumni of
Xiamen University
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Xiamen University is 1409th in the world, 311th in Asia, and 28th in China by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 19 notable alumni from Xiamen 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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Zhang Gaoli
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Zhang Gaoli is a Chinese retired politician. He served as the senior Vice Premier of the State Council between 2013 and 2018 and as a member of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo Standing Committee, China's highest ruling council, between 2012 and 2017. Prior to his ascension, Zhang served as the Communist Party Secretary of Tianjin between 2007 and 2012, and the Party Secretary in the economic powerhouse of Shandong province between 2002 and 2007.
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Tan Kah Kee
- Occupations
- entrepreneurmerchantphilanthropist
- Biography
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Tan Kah Kee was a Chinese businessman, investor, and philanthropist active in Singapore and the Chinese cities of Hong Kong, Shanghai, Xiamen, and Guangzhou.
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He Lifeng
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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He Lifeng is a Chinese economist and politician who has served as vice premier of the People's Republic of China since March 2023. He has additionally been a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party since October 2022, and served as the director of the Office of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission since October 2023.
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Gong Zheng
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gong Zheng is a Chinese politician who serves as Mayor and Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary of Shanghai. He was formerly Governor of Shandong Province, the CCP Secretary of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, and before that, Vice Governor and Executive Vice Governor of Zhejiang, and deputy director of the General Administration of Customs. He graduated from the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE).
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Chen Jingrun
- Enrolled in Xiamen University
- Studied in 1949-1953
- Occupations
- politicianmathematician
- Biography
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Chen Jingrun, also known as Jing-Run Chen, was a Chinese mathematician who made significant contributions to number theory, including Chen's theorem and the Chen prime.
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Charles Li
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Charles Li Xiaojia, is a Chinese banker. He was the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) from 2010 to 2021.
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Zheng Shanjie
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Zheng Shanjie is a Chinese politician who has served as the Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) since March 2023, and as Governor as well as Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary of Zhejiang and CCP Committee Secretary of Ningbo.
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Liu Kun
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Liu Kun is a Chinese politician who served as the Minister of Finance from 2018 to 2023. Previously he served as director of Budgetary Affairs Commission of the National People's Congress, vice minister of Finance, and vice governor of Guangdong.
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Wang Lixia
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wang Lixia is a Chinese politician of Mongol heritage, currently serving as deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Inner Mongolia Committee and chairwoman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People's Government (equivalent of a provincial governor). In 2019, she was the only female party secretary of a provincial-level capital in China. Prior to that, she served as party secretary of Hohhot, the capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and director of the United Front Department of the CCP Inner Mongolia Committee from 2016 to 2019 and vice governor of Shaanxi from 2013 to 2016.
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Liu Cigui
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Liu Cigui is a Chinese politician. He is the current Communist Party Secretary of Hainan province. His former positions include Governor of Hainan, Director of the State Oceanic Administration and China Coast Guard and Mayor of Xiamen and Longyan in Fujian province.
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Li Wo-shi
- Enrolled in Xiamen University
- Graduated with doctoral student
- Occupations
- politiciancivil servant
- Biography
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Lee Wo-shih is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Kinmen County from 20 December 2009 until 25 December 2014.
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Yang Bo
- Occupations
- artistic gymnast
- Biography
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Yang Bo is a Chinese gymnast. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest gymnasts ever on the balance beam, for which she created a move known as the "Yang Bo", which is rated as a D element in the Code of Points. Although widely renowned for her work on beam, Yang often had difficulty with consistency which prevented her from medalling at several major competitions. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, placing 25th in the all-around and 7th on the beam. She won the 1990 World Cup Final on Balance Beam and won the bronze medal with her team at the 1989 World Championship.
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Nicholas Kao Se Tseien
- Biography
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Father Nicholas Kao Se Tseien O.C.S.O., was a Chinese Trappist priest living in Hong Kong who had been the oldest living Catholic priest and also the oldest person ever to have had a cataract operation according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Lu Jiaxi
- Occupations
- chemistpolitician
- Biography
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Lu Jiaxi, or Chia-Si Lu, was a Chinese physical chemist who is considered a founder of the discipline in China. He served as President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Founding Director of Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter (FJIRSM), and Founding President of Fuzhou University, as well as high-ranking political positions including Chairman of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party, Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress.
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Wang Zheng
- Occupations
- flight instructoraircraft pilot
- Biography
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Wang Zheng, also known as Julie Wang, is an airline pilot and an FAA Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) in the United States, where she resides. She is the first Asian woman to circumnavigate Earth in an airplane. Wang is also the first Chinese pilot to fly solo around the world and the eighth woman to do so.
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Yang Ying-hsiung
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Yang Ying-hsiung is a Taiwanese politician.
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Xu Yousheng
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Xu Yousheng is a Chinese politician. He is a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Paweł Milewski
- Enrolled in Xiamen University
- Studied in 1997-1998
- Occupations
- sinologistdiplomat
- Biography
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Paweł Milewski is a Polish diplomat; ambassador to Australia (2013–2017) and Japan (since 2019).
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Lin Shen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lin Shen, also known as Mu En, was a Taiwanese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948.
