Hong Kong media reported that Lu Yuming, the director of the deputy dean of the Chinese University of Medicine and the Department of Chemistry and Pathology, and the "Father of Non -Invasive Pre -birth Testing", became the only candidate for the president of the University of CUHKpeople.
Sing Tao Daily and Ming Pao Sunday (September 22) quoted news reports that Lu Yuming became the only candidate for the president of the University of CUHK. It is expected that the results will be announced next Friday (27th).
The unnamed sources told Sing Tao Daily that Lu Yuming has always been a popular candidate for the president of the University of CUHK and said that his academic status is respected.At the same time, there is also a strong connection with mainland China and international academic circles.
It is reported that Lu Yuming was born in Hong Kong in 1963. He is a clinical application expert of the famous molecular biology. It mainly studies DNA and RNA of plasma in the human body.In 2011, he became a member of the Royal Society. In 2013, he was elected as an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences and a foreign academician of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2023, he was elected academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The current president of the University of CUHK, Duan Chongzhi, will step down in January next year, and he will be the president of the University of China in January 2018.
Duan Chongzhi repeatedly met the requirements of students during the 2019 anti -repair case in Hong Kong and met with students.When the No. 2 Bridge of the University of China became the frontline of the conflict between students and the police conflict, Duan Chongzhi once went to the No. 2 Bridge to mediate with the police. After the police put the tear gas, he left the scene and was criticized by the establishment.
The University of China is a well -known university in Hong Kong, ranking among the top 10 in the Asian University rankings for a long time.