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    PEOPLE & POINTS

    Jun 30, 2022 3 minutes

    NEW PRESIDENT OF PEKING UNIVERSITY

    Optical expert Gong Qihuang becomes the new president of Peking University (PKU).

    Born in Putian City, Fujian Province, Gong started working as a lecturer after getting his Ph.D. from PKU’s School of Physics in 1989. In 1995, he became a professor. Before his new appointment as PKU’s president, he was its vice president and dean of its graduate school.

    Also an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a member of the World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries, Gong has been working on nonlinear and quantum optics, micro- and nanophotonics, heading several national research projects

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