Shen Zuojun, Vice President of the University of Hong Kong, clarified that it was not

At the meeting of the University of Hong Kong yesterday (27th), he decided to appoint Tsinghua University scholars Shen Zuojun and Gong Peng as the vice president, which caused controversy.Shen Zujun, accused of being accused of being a member of the Party Committee of the Department of Industrial Engineering of Tsinghua University, clarified that he was not a member of the Communist Party or a member of the party committee.

According to a report from the Hong Kong Radio website, Shen Zujun stated in the statement that it was the negligence of the relevant website administrator. After seeing the report, Tsinghua University had been notified immediately. Tsinghua University had corrected the information.Before arranged to the party committee.

Shen Zujun said that in 2004, he worked in full -time at the University of California Berkeley in 2004. He was only the director of the Honorary Industrial Engineering Department at Tsinghua University and did not participate in the daily operation of the department.

On the other hand, Zhang Xiang, the president of the University of Hong Kong, sent a letter to the master and student of Hong Kong masters and alumni, saying that although he worked with Shen Zuojun and Gong Peng at the University of California, the academic field was not the same.The public is private and has no contact. As the chairman of the selection committee, he has adopted all the must steps to avoid potential conflicts. He also reiterated that the university has strict rules to prevent conflicts of interest during the selection process.

Zhang Xiang said that in the past few days, the information of the selection process was unfortunately caused by controversy and speculation. Relevant rumors and concerns not only caused trouble to Hong Kong society, but also brought pain to candidates and their families.He said that universities have morality and legal responsibility to ensure that the information of candidates keeps confidential during the selection process, leaks the information of candidate, not only hurts the reputation of the University of Hong Kong, but also affects the work of university recruitment talents in the future.

He also said that as a leader of the university, he has always reminded that he should be responsible for Hong Kong University and Hong Kong and is willing to listen to different opinions, but hopes that all discussions are based on facts, not speculation.