Tang Honggao

Tang Honggao (born 7 September 1939) is a Chinese crystallographer and university administrator who served as president of the University of Science and Technology of China from 1993 to 1998. He also served two separate terms as party secretary of the university, from 1990 to 1993 and from 1998 to 2003.

Tang was a representative of the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was an alternate member of the 14th and 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography
Tang was born in Yanggu County, Shandong, on 7 September 1939. In 1958, he was accepted to Shandong University, where he majored in crystal chemistry. From 1962 to 1966 he did his postgraduate work at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

After graduation in 1966, Tang became an intern researcher in the No. 4 Crystallographic Research Room. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in August 1972. In September 1973, he moved to the Anhui Institute Of Optics and Fine Mechanics, where he successively served as an assistant researcher, associate researcher, laboratory director, and party secretary. In July 1983, he was appointed party branch secretary of Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, a position he held until May 1990. He took office as executive vice president and party secretary of the University of Science and Technology of China in May 1990, rising to president in July 1993.

Honours and awards

 * 27 November 2017 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)