Shao Xinyu | |
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邵新宇 | |
Vice Governor of Hubei | |
Assumed office September 2022 | |
Governor | Wang Zhonglin |
Vice Minister of Science and Technology | |
In office September 2021 – September 2022 | |
Minister | Wang Zhigang |
Communist Party Secretary of Huazhong University of Science and Technology | |
In office December 2017 – September 2021 | |
Preceded by | Lu Gang |
Succeeded by | Li Yuanyuan |
Personal details | |
Born | November 1968 (age 55–56) Jingjiang, Jiangsu, China |
Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Alma mater | Huazhong University of Science and Technology University of Michigan |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mechanical engineering |
Institutions | Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
Shao Xinyu (Chinese: 邵新宇; pinyin: Shào Xīnyǔ; born November 1967) is a Chinese engineer and politician who is currently serving as a vice governor of Hubei. He previously served as Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Huazhong University of Science and Technology from 2017 to 2021, and as a vice minister of Science and Technology from 2021 to 2022.
Shao was born in Jingjiang, Jiangsu, in November 1968. His father Shao Daosheng (邵道生) is a researcher at the Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.[1] He attended Jingjiang High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1986, a master's degree in 1990, and a doctor's degree in 1992, all from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He pursued advanced studies in the United States, earning a doctor's degree from the University of Michigan. He was a research assistant at Ford Motor Company between June 1996 and August 1998.[citation needed]
He joined the mechanics faculty of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in December 1998 and was promoted to dean in October 2002. In July 2013, he became executive vice-president, a position at department level (正厅级). In December 2017 he was promoted to Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the university, a position at vice-ministerial level.[2]
In September 2021, he was appointed vice minister of Science and Technology by the State Council.[3] He was removed from the position in September 2022,[4] and was appointed as a vice governor of Hubei.[5] In September 2023, he was appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the CCP.[6]