Xu Jian (; born August 1958) is a Chinese civil engineer and currently general manager of the

China National Machinery Industry Corporation China National Machinery Industry Corporation (also known as Sinomach) is a Chinese conglomerate with businesses in tool making, construction equipment, agricultural equipment, and infrastructure construction. In two particular areas of constru ...

. He is a member of the China Association for Engineering Construction Standardization (CECS), China Engineering and Consulting Association (CECA), Architectural Society of China (ASC), and China National Association of Engineering Consultants (CNAEC).

Biography

Xu was born in

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, in August 1958. In 1985 he graduated from Changchun Architecture College (now

Changchun Institute of Technology The Changchun Institute of Technology (CIT; ) is a full-time, key university in Changchun, Jilin ) , image_skyline = Changbaishan Tianchi from western rim.jpg , image_alt = , image_caption = View of Heaven Lake , ...

), majoring in industrial and civil architecture. In 1988 he earned his master's degree in

civil engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

from

Hunan University Hunan University (HNU; ) is a national public university in Yuelu, Changsha, Hunan, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction ...

. He studied at Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology for a year. After graduation, he was assigned to the Designing and Research Institute of the Ministry of Machinery Industry, where he successively served as assistant engineer, director engineer, senior engineer, vice-president, and president. In August 2001 he became the deputy general manager of the

, rising to general manager in December 2007.

Honours and awards

* 2014 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) * January 8, 2018 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) * November 22, 2019 Member of the

Chinese Academy of Engineering The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE, ) is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for engineering. It was established in 1994 and is an institution of the State Council of China. The CAE and the Chinese Academy of Sciences a ...

(CAE)

References

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