Guo Guirong

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.[1] He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.[1] He was a delegate to the 8th and 10th National People's Congress.[1] He was a representative of the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]

Biography

Guo was born in Chengdu, Sichuan, on 25 October 1937, while his ancestral home in Xuqing County, Shanxi.[1] After graduating from PLA Communication Engineering College (now Xidian University) in 1959, he was accepted to Harbin Institute of Military Engineering.[1] 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.[1]

He returned to China in 1965 and that year became professor at Harbin Institute of Military Engineering.[2] In February 1994, he was appointed president of National University of Defense Technology, a position he held until July 1996.[2]

Honours and awards

  • 1993 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for KD85-466 system[3]
  • 1995 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)
  • 1999 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)[3]
  • 2006 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation[3]
  • 2007 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)[3]
  • 2008 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g 郭桂蓉. Chinese Academy of Engineering (in Chinese). 1995. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d e 郭桂蓉. ckcest.cn (in Chinese). 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
Educational offices
Preceded by President of National University of Defense Technology
1994–1996 		Succeeded by