Hou Jianguo

Hou Jianguo
Hou Jianguo
侯建国
President of Chinese Academy of Sciences
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; December 2020
Preceded by	Bai Chunli
Vice-President of Chinese Academy of Sciences
	In office; March 2018 – December 2020
Preceded by	Liu Weiping
Succeeded by	Yin 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 by	Li Ke
Succeeded by	Sun Dawei
President of the University of Science and Technology of China
	In office; September 2008 – January 2015
Preceded by	Zhu Qingshi
Succeeded by	Wan Lijun
Personal details
Born	October 1959 (age 64); Fuqing, Fujian, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	University of Science and Technology of China
Occupation	Chemist, politician
	Scientific career
Fields	Nanomaterials; Molecule
Institutions	University of Science and Technology of China
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	侯建國
Simplified Chinese	侯建国
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Hóu 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.