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Biography

Xie Kechang, male, Han nationality, is a native of Shanxi province. He was born in 1946, and graduated from the chemistry department of Tianjing University. In 1981, he obtained his master's degree from Taiyuan Institute of Technology and in 1999, he received a doctorate in engineering from Shin-Shu University of Japan. He is a professor at Taiyuan University of Technology, and became president of the university in 1995.

Xie Kechang is the chair scientist of the state program's 973 project on "Fundamental Research about Coal Pyrolysis, Gasification and Purification Process of High Temperatures". He has published 421 academic papers and obtained four patents for invention. He has issued eight patents and published three monographs, including "The Coal Structure and Reaction", which is the first monograph in the field of coal chemical engineering.