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China names new science ministry chief to help lead hi-tech self-reliance drive
- Yin Hejun takes over as party secretary from Wang Zhigang, who remains the minister
- The appointment is the latest step in a career that began with a degree in radiophysics
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China has appointed a new Communist Party chief of its Ministry of Science and Technology, the government arm overseeing basic research and applied science.
The party’s Organisation Department said on Saturday that Yin Hejun, 60, a former deputy chief of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, would replace Wang Zhigang as the ministry’s party secretary.
Wang, 65, remains minister in a system in which the party secretary has greater authority than the minister.
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A scientist specialising in atmospheric physics at the academy said Yin was an experienced administrator with the skills to promote cutting-edge technology.
“He has extensive experience in administration, such as serving as Beijing’s deputy mayor. That will benefit the ongoing scientific and technological reforms in China,” he said, declining to be named.
Born in the northwestern province of Shanxi, Yin earned a master’s degree in radiophysics from Xidian University in 1989 and worked at Taiyuan University of Technology for three years.
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