Gong Ke (Chinese: 龚克; born June 1955) is a Chinese electronic engineer and administrator who served as president of Tianjin University from 2006 to 2011 and president of Nankai University from 2011 to 2018.[1] He was an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a delegate to the 11th and 12th National People's Congress

Gong Ke
龚克
President of World Federation of Engineering Organizations
In office
2019–2021
Preceded byMarlene Kanga
Succeeded byJosé Vieira
President of Nankai University
In office
January 2011 – January 2018
Preceded byRao Zihe
Succeeded byCao Xuetao
President of Tianjin University
In office
July 2006 – January 2011
Preceded byShan Ping [zh]
Succeeded byLi Jiajun
Personal details
BornJune 1955 (age 69)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
RelationsGong Yinbing
Parent(s)Gong Yuzhi
Sun Xiaoli
Alma materBeijing Institute of Technology
Graz University of Technology
Tsinghua University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGōng Kè

Biography

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Gong was born into an official family in Beijing in June 1955, while his ancestral home in Changsha, Hunan. His grandfather Gong Yinbing was a communist revolutionary and politician. His father Gong Yuzhi was a Chinese Communist Party theorist and politician. His mother Sun Xiaoli is a professor at Peking University. During the Cultural Revolution, he worked at the state owned No. 789 Factory between June 1970 and March 1978. He attended Beijing Institute of Technology (now Beijing Institute of Technology) where he received his bachelor's degree in electronic engineering in 1982. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in November 1981. From February 1982 to February 1983, he attended language training at Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Languages (now Guangdong University of Foreign Studies). In 1983, he enrolled at Graz University of Technology, where he earned his doctor's degree in communication and radio wave in 1987. He returned to China in September 1987 and that same year carried out postdoctoral research at Tsinghua University.

After graduation, he stayed at the university and worked as assistant, professor, deputy director, director, and eventually moved up the ranks to become vice president in March 1999. In July 2006, he was promoted to become president of Tianjin University, a position at vice-ministerial level. He became president of Nankai University in January 2011, and served until January 2018.[2] In August 2017, he was proposed as executive president of the newly founded China New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Strategy Research Institute, an academic institution studying artificial intelligence under the jurisdiction of Chinese Academy of Engineering.[3] In November 2019, he was chosen as chairman of World Federation of Engineering Organizations, becoming a Chinese chairman for the first time.

Honours and awards

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References

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  1. ^ Xiao Hui (萧辉) (16 March 2017). 南开大学校长龚克:我是教育工作者 副部级不合乎我的身份. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. ^ Shen Yanni (沈燕妮) (23 April 2012). 南开大学校长龚克:儿子考不上大学我也有成就感. Sohu (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  3. ^ Zhang Fan (张蕃); Zhan Zhao (战钊) (27 August 2021). 新一代人工智能发展战略研究院执行院长龚克:人工智能素养要倡导“以德为先”. 163.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 September 2021.
Educational offices
Preceded by President of Tianjin University
2006–2011
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of Nankai University
2011–2018
Succeeded by