(Hong Kong Comprehensive News) Following Shi Wei, the president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the President of the City University Guozi will also leave after the expiry of 2023.Both of them were scholars born in Taiwan.
Li Guoan, Vice President of the City University in an interview yesterday, said in an interview yesterday that Guo Qi had decided to step down in May 2023 after the third term expired.The committee conducts international recruitment and looks like a candidate.
Sing Tao Daily quoted the news yesterday that Guo Qi did not explain the whereabouts after leaving, saying that he would only focus on research or other work.
Guozi, 70, was born in Taiwan. After obtaining a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering in Tsinghua University in Taiwan in 1972, he went to study in the United States; he obtained a PhDAfter the degree, he worked at a local university until he served as the president of the City University in 2008.
Public information shows that Guozhi has re -elected as the three presidents of the Cities University so far, and is the longest principal who has always been in the school.During his tenure, Chengda launched the first animal medical school in Hong Kong and implemented a branch school in Dongguan, Guangdong.At the same time, the ranking of Cities University has also risen in the ranking of international universities.
However, during the time of his tenure in the past 13 years, Guo Qi also faced a lot of problems. Among them, during the anti -repair struggle in 2019, some students were dissatisfied with him who did not show up and did not make public dialogue.Blogen the principal's office.
Before the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law last year, the principal of the five universities in Hong Kong stated that it was necessary to understand the necessity of establishing the National Security Law.Guo Zhi and Shi Wei did not participate in the joint departure.According to reports, Guo Qi has publicly stated that universities should maintain political neutrality and achieve "separation of political education."
HKUST announced on Tuesday that Shi Wei will step down on October 19 next year.Shi Wei, 65, is a Chinese American born in Taiwan.He has served as the president of the University of Science and Technology since September 2018. He had had a term of five years and ended in August 2023.