Hou Jianguo

Hou Jianguo
侯建国
President of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Assumed office
December 2020
Preceded byBai Chunli
Vice-President of Chinese Academy of Sciences
In office
March 2018 – December 2020
Preceded byLiu Weiping
Succeeded byYin Hejun
Party Branch Secretary of General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine
In office
June 2017 – March 2018
Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Guangxi
In office
November 2016 – June 2017
Preceded byLi Ke
Succeeded bySun Dawei
President of the University of Science and Technology of China
In office
September 2008 – January 2015
Preceded byZhu Qingshi
Succeeded byWan Lijun
Personal details
BornOctober 1959 (age 65)
Fuqing, Fujian, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materUniversity of Science and Technology of China
OccupationChemist, politician
Scientific career
FieldsNanomaterials
Molecule
InstitutionsUniversity of Science and Technology of China
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHóu Jiànguó

Hou Jianguo (Chinese: 侯建国; born October 1959) is a Chinese chemist and politician. He served as party secretary of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine from 2017 to 2018. An accomplished research scientist, Hou is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences. He formerly served as president of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and has extensive international work experience.