Yang Xuejun (; born April 1963) is a Chinese educator and computer scientist currently serving as President of the

PLA Academy of Military Science The Academy of Military Sciences () is the highest-level research institute of the People's Liberation Army of China. It is headquartered in Beijing. Its president is General Yang Xuejun (since June 2017) and Lt. General Fang Xiang is the polit ...

. Previously he served as President of the

National University of Defense Technology The National University of Defense Technology (NUDT; ) is a national public research university in Changsha, Hunan, China. Founded in 1953 as the People's Liberation Army Military Academy of Engineering, the institution is directly affiliated ...

. He was promoted to the rank of

major general Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

('' shaojiang'') in 2004,

lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

('' zhongjiang'') in August 2013 and general (''shangjiang'') in December 2019.

Education

Yang was born in Wucheng County, Shandong in April 1963. He enlisted in the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...

(PLA) in September 1979. In July 1983 he graduated from

Nanjing Institute of Technology The Nanjing Institute of Technology (NJIT;) is an undergraduate university in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, w ...

. In December 1984 he joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Ci ...

. He received his master's degree and doctor's degree in engineering from

in 1985 and 1991, respectively.

Career

After graduation, he taught there, where he was vice-president in 2009 and president in July 2011. In 1994, at the age of 31, he became chief designer of supercomputer YH-3 and later became chief designer of

Tianhe-1 Tianhe-I, Tianhe-1, or TH-1 (, ; '' Sky River Number One'') is a supercomputer capable of an Rmax (maximum range) of 2.5 peta FLOPS. Located at the National Supercomputing Center of Tianjin, China, it was the fastest computer in the world f ...

. He has been President of the

since July 2017. He was a delegate to the

9th National People's Congress The 9th National People's Congress () was in session from 1998 to 2003. It held five plenary sessions in this period. It followed the final session of the 8th National People's Congress. There were 2,979 deputies to this Congress. Election resul ...

. He was a delegate to the

17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party The 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held in Beijing, China, at the Great Hall of the People from 15 to 21 October 2007. Congress marked a significant shift in the political direction of the country as CCP General Secreta ...

. He was an alternate member of the 18th

CCP Central Committee The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, officially the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is a political body that comprises the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It is currently composed of 205 fu ...

. He is a member of the 19th CCP Central Committee.

Honours and awards

* 1998 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars * 2011 Science and Technology Award of the

Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation The Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation (HLHL, ) is a Hong Kong-based non-government organisation which annually bestows prizes upon Chinese scientists. It was established on 30 March 1994, with funds donated from the charitable foundations of Ho Sin Han ...

* 2012 Chen Jiageng Science Award * December 2011 Member of the

Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); ), known by Academia Sinica in English until the 1980s, is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for natural sciences. It has historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Repub ...

(CAS)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Xuejun 1963 births Living people People from Wucheng County Chinese computer scientists Scientists from Shandong Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Delegates to the 9th National People's Congress Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong People's Liberation Army generals from Shandong Presidents of the PLA Academy of Military Science Presidents of the National University of Defense Technology