On December 11, the Ministry of Education announced at Donghua University that Xiang Yanxun has been appointed as President and Deputy Secretary of the CPC Donghua University Committee, succeeding Yu Jianyong.
Xiang Yanxun, male, Han nationality, born in May 1979, is a doctor of engineering, professor and doctoral supervisor. He is currently President and Deputy Secretary of the CPC Donghua University Committee.
From 1996 to 2003, he studied in the Department of Physics and the Institute of Acoustics at Tongji University, and successively obtained bachelor’s and master’s degrees; and he graduated from the School of Mechanical and Power Engineering of East China University of Science and Technology in 2011 with a doctorate degree in chemical process machinery.
From 2003 to 2005, he worked in the 726th Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Group; from 2005 to 2022, he took office at East China University of Science and Technology, successively as Deputy Director of the Academic Affairs Office and Director of the Admissions Office, Dean and Secretary of the CPC Committee of the School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Executive Deputy Director of the CPC Committee Organization Department, and Deputy Secretary of the CPC Committee of East China University of Science and Technology. In December 2022, he was appointed as Deputy Secretary of the CPC Donghua University Committee, and in November 2024, he started to serve as President and Deputy Secretary of the CPC Donghua University Committee..
He is mainly engaged in the research and development of equipment/component service state perception and detection methods under severe working conditions, and his research area covers interdisciplinary subjects such as ultrasonic testing and imaging, signal processing, mechanical strength, etc. He has presided over key projects under National Outstanding Young Scholars and National Excellent Young Scholars programs, National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Key R&D Plan (project leader), and enterprise cooperative scientific research initiatives. He was selected as the 10th Shanghai Young Science and Technology Talent and won the first prize of 2024 Science and Technology Progress Award from China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation（ranking first），the first prize of 2019 Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award (Ranking 1st) and the first prize of 2015 Shanghai Natural Science Award (Ranking 1st); he has published more than 140 SCI academic papers and won more than 30 authorized patents. At present, he is also the Executive Member of the Acoustical Society of China and Vice Chairman of the Detection Acoustics Branch of the Acoustical Society of China.
