Kuangdi Xu

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KuangDi Xu (徐匡迪, born December, 1937), chair and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), former Mayor of Shanghai, professor of material science and engineering in Shanghai University.

The Chinese Academy of Engineering is a national and independent organization composed of elected members with the highest honor in the community of engineering and technological sciences of the nation. Its missions are to initiate and conduct strategic studies, provide consultancy services for decision-making of nation’s key issues in engineering and technological sciences and promote the development of the undertaking of engineering and technological sciences in China and devote itself to the benefit and welfare of the society.