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Biography

Zhou Xuhong, male, Han nationality, is a native of Hunan province. He was born in 1956, and graduated from Hunan University.

Zhou is a teacher and researcher in the field of steel structure and steel-concrete structure. He is the editor of "Technical Code of Cold Formed Thin Wall Steel Structures", "Technical Specification for Steel Structures of Lightweight Building Systems", and several journals including "Chinese University Technology Transfer". He is the editor of "Technical Requirements for Low Assembled Residential Buildings Framed with Light-Weight Steel Structures" and he also serves as the chief editor of "Journal of Earth Science and Environment". He served as a professor in the civil engineering department of Hunan University until 1996, and he became president of Lanzhou University in 2006.

As a successful academic, Professor Zhou has won many prizes awarded by the state, provinces and ministries, including the third prize of the National Science Progress Award, the first and second prizes of the Science Progress Award of Hubei province, the first prize of the Science Progress Award of China's Universities and the first prize of Teaching Achievements in Hunan province. He has also participated in more than ten state level and province level research projects. He has published over sixty research papers in national and international journals.
He served as President of Lanzhou University from 2006 to 2013. He became President of Chongqing University in 2013.

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