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In this Chinese name, the family name is Guo.
Guo Guirong
郭桂蓉
President of National University of Defense Technology
In office
February 1994 – July 1996
Preceded byChen Qizhi
Succeeded byWen Xisen
Personal details
Born (1937-10-25) 25 October 1937 (age 87)
Chengdu, Sichuan, Republic of China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materXidian University
Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Rank Lieutenant general
Scientific career
FieldsCommunication
InstitutionsNational University of Defense Technology

Guo Guirong (Chinese: 郭桂蓉; pinyin: Guō Guìróng; born 25 October 1937) is a lieutenant general (zhongjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) who served as president of National University of Defense Technology from 1994 to 1996. He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He was a delegate to the 8th and 10th National People's Congress. He was a representative of the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography

Guo was born in Chengdu, Sichuan, on 25 October 1937, while his ancestral home in Xuqing County, Shanxi. After graduating from PLA Communication Engineering College (now Xidian University) in 1959, he was accepted to Harbin Institute of Military Engineering. In 1960, he was sent to study at Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy on the expense of the government, earning a vice-doctorate degree in 1965.

He returned to China in 1965 and that year became professor at Harbin Institute of Military Engineering. In February 1994, he was appointed president of National University of Defense Technology, a position he held until July 1996.

Honours and awards

  • 1993 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for KD85-466 system
  • 1995 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)
  • 1999 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)
  • 2006 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation
  • 2007 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)
  • 2008 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)

References

  1. ^ 郭桂蓉. Chinese Academy of Engineering (in Chinese). 1995. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ^ Wang Yuehua (王跃华) (19 November 2011). 人的使命在于追求完美 记我校校友 中国工程院院士 郭桂蓉中将. Xidian University (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ^ 郭桂蓉. ckcest.cn (in Chinese). 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
Educational offices
Preceded byChen Qizhi President of National University of Defense Technology
1994–1996 		Succeeded byWen Xisen
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