Xu Jian (; born August 1958) is a Chinese civil engineer and currently general manager of the China National Machinery Industry Corporation. He is a member of the China Association for Engineering Construction Standardization (CECS), China Engineering and Consulting Association (CECA), Architectural Society of China (ASC), and China National Association of Engineering Consultants (CNAEC).

Biography

Xu was born in

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

, in August 1958. In 1985 he graduated from Changchun Architecture College (now

Changchun Institute of Technology Changchun (, ; ), also romanized as Ch'angch'un, is the capital and largest city of Jilin Province, People's Republic of China. Lying in the center of the Songliao Plain, Changchun is administered as a , comprising 7 districts, 1 county and 3 c ...

), majoring in industrial and civil architecture. In 1988 he earned his master's degree in

civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage ...

from Hunan University. He studied at

Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology (XUAT) is a joint venture between the People's Government of Shaanxi Province, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Education. "It ...

for a year. After graduation, he was assigned to the Designing and Research Institute of the Ministry of Machinery Industry, where he successively served as assistant engineer, director engineer, senior engineer, vice-president, and president. In August 2001 he became the deputy general manager of the China National Machinery Industry Corporation, rising to general manager in December 2007.

Honours and awards

* 2014 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) * January 8, 2018 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) * November 22, 2019 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Xu, Jian 1958 births Living people Engineers from Liaoning Changchun Institute of Technology alumni Hunan University alumni Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering