Hu Gang
Hu Gang | |
|---|---|
| Chinese: 胡刚 | |
| Vice Chairperson of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |
| Assumed office January 2018 | |
| Chairperson of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the China Democratic League | |
| Assumed office October 2016 | |
| President of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine | |
| In office April 2014 – August 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 1961 (age 65) Siyang County, Jiangsu, China |
| Party | China Democratic League |
| Xuzhou Medical University Bethune Medical University Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica | |
| Occupation | Pharmacologist, educator, politician |
Hu Gang (Chinese: 胡刚; born April 1961) is a Chinese pharmacologist, educator, and politician. He is a member of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), vice chairperson of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the CPPCC, a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League, and chairperson of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the China Democratic League.[1]
Biography
Hu was born in Siyang County, Jiangsu, in April 1961. He studied clinical medicine at Xuzhou Medical University (then Xuzhou Medical College) from 1978 to 1983. After graduation, he worked as a physician in local hospitals in Siyang County before pursuing graduate studies in pharmacology at Bethune Medical University (now part of Jilin University), where he received a master's degree in 1987. He subsequently joined the faculty of Xuzhou Medical College and later earned a Doctor of Science degree in pharmacology from the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences while conducting in-service postgraduate studies.[2]
During the 1990s, Hu held a series of academic and administrative positions at Xuzhou Medical College, including deputy director and director of its Department of Pharmacology. He was promoted to professor in 1997 and conducted postdoctoral research at Washington State University in the United States from 1996 to 1998.[3]
In 1999, Hu moved to Nanjing Medical University, where he served as chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Neurobiology and later dean of the School of Basic Medical Sciences. He became vice president of the university in 2003.[4] Between 2006 and 2008, he was seconded to the municipal government of Taizhou, Jiangsu, serving as a vice mayor.[5]
Hu entered provincial political leadership through the China Democratic League, becoming vice chairperson of its Jiangsu Provincial Committee in 2012. In April 2014, he was appointed president of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine. He became chairperson of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the China Democratic League in 2016 and was elected to the Standing Committee of the league's Central Committee in 2017.[6]
In January 2018, Hu was elected vice chairperson of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[7] He has served as a member of the 12th, 13th, and 14th National Committees of the CPPCC and became a member of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Committee in 2023.[8]
References
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