Wan Gang
| Wan Gang | |
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| 万钢 | |
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| Minister of Science and Technology | |
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Assumed office 27 April 2007 |
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| Premier | Wen Jiabao |
| Preceded by | Xu Guanhua |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 1952 (age 64) Shanghai, China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Political party | China Zhi Gong Party |
| Alma mater |
Northeast Forestry University Tongji University Clausthal University of Technology |
Wan Gang (simplified Chinese: 万钢; traditional Chinese: 萬鋼; pinyin: Wàn Gāng, born August 1952) is a Chinese expert on automobiles, former president of Tongji University (2002–2007) and the Minister of Science and Technology. He is also the Chairman of the China Zhi Gong Party, a legally sanctioned minor political party in China, and, since 2013 also Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a mostly symbolic political advisory body.
Wan graduated from Northeast Forestry University. In 1979, he did his postgraduate study on experimental mechanics in Structural Theories Research Institute of Tongji University and received his master degree in 1981.
During the same year, he stayed on campus and taught mathematics and mechanics. In 1985, he went to Germany as a visiting scholar and doctoral candidate of Department of Mechanical Engineering in Clausthal University of Technology and received Ph.D (Dr. Ing.) with good honor five years later.
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