Wu Kongming (; born 18 July 1964) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as president of the

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (short CAAS, ) is the Chinese national, agricultural scientific research organization. It was established in 1957 in Beijing and oversees 45 institutes. Thirty-six are direct affiliates, nine institutes ...

. He is an alternate member of the

20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was elected by the 20th National Congress in October 2022, and will sit until the next National Congress is convened in 2027. It formally succeeded the 19th Central Committee. The ...

Biography

Wu was born in

Gushi County Gushi () is a county of 1,023,857 people directly governed by Henan, People's Republic of China. It is administered by the prefecture-level city of Xinyang. With a total area of 2942.97 square kilometers and a registered population of 1781500 ...

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...

, on 18 July 1964. He attended

Henan Agricultural University Henan Agricultural University () is a public university in Zhengzhou, China. It was established in 1912 as Henan Public Agricultural Major School. The school area occupies approximately 144000 square meters. The university established inter ...

where he received his bachelor's degree in plant protection in 1984. After completing his master's degree in entomology from the Postgraduate Department of Henan Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences in 1987, he entered the Graduate School of

where he obtained his doctor's degree in

entomology Entomology () is the science, scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such ...

in 1994. Wu joined the Plant Protection Institute, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences as an assistant researcher in July 1987, and moved to the Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in September 1994. He moved up the ranks to become deputy director in December 2003 and director in January 2006. He was promoted to vice president in October 2012. In October 2021, he was promoted again to become president, a position at vice-ministerial level.

Honours and awards

* 2007 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) * 2010 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) * 2011 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) * 2011 Science and Technology Progress Award of the

Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation The Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation (HLHL, ) is a Hong Kong-based non-government organisation which annually bestows prizes upon Chinese scientists. It was established on 30 March 1994, with funds donated from the charitable foundations of Ho Sin Han ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wu, Kongming 1964 births Living people People from Gushi County Engineers from Henan Henan Agricultural University alumni Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering People's Republic of China politicians from Henan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Henan Alternate members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Fellows of the African Academy of Sciences Associate Fellows of the African Academy of Sciences