Recently, according to the update of the "Leadership Introduction" column on the official website of the National Natural Science Commission, Wang Xiqin, the former president of Tsinghua University, has been appointed as a member of the party group and deputy director (vice minister level) of the National Natural Science Commission.
Wang Xiqin. According to public information, Wang Xiqin, male, Han nationality, graduate student, doctor of engineering, middle ** member. Member of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress, Vice Chairman of the Education, Science, Culture and Health Committee. He is currently a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director (Vice Minister level) of the National Natural Science Commission.
Wang Xiqin was admitted to the Department of Radio Electronics of Tsinghua University in September 1986 (renamed the Department of Electronic Engineering in 1989) and graduated with a bachelor's degree in July 1991. In September 1991, he was recommended to study directly for a doctorate degree in the Department of Electronic Engineering, and in August 1996, he graduated with a doctorate and stayed in the university to work. He served as Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Deputy Director of the Department of Electronic Engineering, Dean of the Department of Electronic Engineering in December 2006, Deputy Dean of the School of Information Science and Technology in November 2010, Director of the Personnel Division and Director of the Human Resources Development Office in August 2012, Deputy Director of the Supervision Committee in September 2015, and Assistant to the President in February 2016.
Wang Xiqin was appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of Tsinghua University in December 2016, and a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Executive Vice President of Tsinghua University in October 2018. His main research direction is signal and information processing, and he has won the second prize of Beijing Science and Technology Progress Award, the second prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, and the third prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of the State Education Commission.