Premier Li Keqiang Name Chen Jining Preceded by Zhou Shengxian | Preceded by Gu Binglin Succeeded by Qiu Yong Occupation Politician, educator | |
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Alma mater Tsinghua University
Brunel University London
Imperial College London Education Imperial College London, Brunel University London, Tsinghua University | ||
Political party Communist Party of China | ||
China to bolster environmental law enforcement
Chen Jining (simplified Chinese: 陈吉宁; traditional Chinese: 陳吉寧; pinyin: Chén Jíníng; born February 1964) is a Chinese academic and politician, and the current Mayor of Beijing. An engineer by trade, Chen served as the President of Tsinghua University from 2012 to 2015 and Minister of Environmental Protection between 2015 and 2017.
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Early life and education
Chen was born and raised in Gaizhou, Liaoning, with his ancestral home in Lishu County, Jilin. He attended Tsinghua University from September 1981 to September 1986, graduating with a master's degree in civil and environmental engineering. Then he was educated in Brunel University London and Imperial College London, he earned a doctorate in civil engineering from Imperial College London in 1993, where he worked as a research assistant after graduation.
Career
In March 1998 he became the Deputy Director of the Environmental Engineering Department of Tsinghua University, rising to Director the next year. In February 2006 he was Vice-President of Tsinghua University, a year later, he was promoted to become the Executive Vice-President. He concurrently served as Dean of the Graduate School of Tsinghua University from January 2010 to February 2012, Dean of the Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University between January 2010 to July 2011.
In February 2012, Chen was appointed the President of Tsinghua University, he remained in that position until January 2015, when he was appointed Minister of Environmental Protection, People's Republic of China. At the time of his appointment, he was the youngest member of Li Keqiang's cabinet. In 2015, he was also a member of the judging panel for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.
In May 2017, Chen was appointed acting Mayor of Beijing, becoming the 17th person to hold the office since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Chen was a deputy to the 12th National People's Congress.