Wang Xi (; born August 1966) is a Chinese materials scientist and politician who is an academician of the

Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS; ) is the national academy for natural sciences and the highest consultancy for science and technology of the People's Republic of China. It is the world's largest research organization, with 106 research i ...

, and currently vice governor of

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. He was an alternate of the

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and is an alternate of the

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Early life and education

Wang was born in

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

, in August 1966, while his

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Nantong Nantong is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jiangsu province, China. Located on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, near the river mouth. Nantong is a vital river port bordering Yancheng to the north; Taizhou to the west; Suzhou, Wux ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

. He attended the Nantong Middle School of Jiangsu Province. In 1987, he graduated from the Department of Engineering Physics,

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (THU) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Constructio ...

. He went on to receive his master's degree in 1990 and doctor's degree in 1993 from the Shanghai Institute of Metallurgy, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), all in material physics.

Academic career

After graduating in 1994, he stayed and worked at the Shanghai Institute of Metallurgy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he was promoted to deputy director of the Third Research Office in 1996 and director of the Third Research Office in 1998. He then continued working in the newly restructured Shanghai Institute of Microsystems and Information Technology, where he moved up the ranks to become deputy president in 2004 and president in 2010. In December 2009, he was unanimously chosen as an academician of the

, becoming the youngest member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009. He served a short term as vice chairman of the

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from June 2016 to May 2017. He also served as president of the CAS's Shanghai Institute of Advanced Research from April 2017 to May 2019. He was a visiting scholar at the Australian Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry between July 1993 and May 1994 and the Rosendorf Research Center, Germany between May 1996 and June 1998.

Political career

Wang joined the

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(CCP) in April 2001. He began his political career in May 2019, when he was appointed vice minister of the

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. Wang was chosen as vice governor of

in August 2020 and in May 2022 he was admitted as member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Guangdong Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.

Honours and awards

* 2006 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class) for the research and industrialization of high-end silicon based SOI materials * 2008 Science and Technology Progress Award of the

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* December 2009 Member of the

(CAS)

References

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