Recently, Wang Yunpeng was appointed the President of Beihang University (a vice-ministerial post) and the Vice Secretary of the Party Committee of Beihang University by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in succession to Xu Huibin, who has to resign his position due to his age.

At the meeting of faculty and cadres of Beihang University on September 8, Li Xiaoxin, Vice Minister of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Director of the State Commission Office of Public Sectors Reform, announced the decision and delivered a speech. Wang Jiangping, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and a member of the Leading Party Members’ Group, and Sun Meijun, member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and Minister of the Organization Department of Beijing, attended the meeting and delivered speeches. Zhao Changlu, Secretary of the Party Committee of Beihang University, presided over the meeting.

Leaders of the Organization Department, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the CPC Central Committee, and representatives of the leading group of Beihang University attended the meeting.

Born in December 1966, Wang Yunpeng is a member of the Communist Party who has received his master’s and doctor’s degrees in engineering. As a distinguished professor and academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, he used to work as Vice President of Beihang University.