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A key state department that spearheads and facilitates national innovation has announced a major personnel shift.
Wang Xi, a materials scientist with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has replaced 61-year-old Zhang Jianguo as a vice minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
The 52-year-old Wang was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009 as the youngest new member that year. He graduated from Tsinghua University’s department of physics in 1987.
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