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Hou Jianguo (Chinese: 侯建国; born October 1959) is a Chinese chemist and politician and current party secretary of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. An accomplished research scientist for much of his career, Hou has extensive international work experience. He is representative of a class of academics-turned-politicians in his cohort.
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Hou was born in Fuqing County, Fujian. He joined the workforce in October 1976 and joined the Communist Party of China in December 1985. He is a graduate of the University of Science and Technology of China and possesses a master's degree in condensed matter physics. Between 1988 and 1995, he conducted research into crystallography and chemistry at the Soviet Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Fujian Institute of Material Structures, and at the University of California, Berkeley and Oregon State University.
In 1995, he became a professor at the University of Science and Technology of China - in charge of the Structural Science Research Lab and dean of the Physics and Chemistry department. In 2000, he was named vice president of the University. In September 2001, he became the head of the alumni association of the USTC.
In November 2003, he became a fellow at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In November 2004, he was named a fellow at the The World Academy of Sciences. In September 2005, he was named executive vice president of the USTC. In 2008, he became president of USTC. On January 24, 2015, he became Deputy Minister of Science and Technology.
In November 2016, he was named deputy party chief of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
In June 2017, he was named head of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.