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Biography

Tang Jiliang, male, Han nationality, is a native of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. He was born in 1957, and graduated from Guangxi University. He obtained a doctorate in genetics from East Anglia University in the U.K. in 1989. He is a professor of microbial genetics at Guangxi University. He was elected as president of the university in 1997.

Professor Tang focuses on the research of microbial cellulous polysaccharides and Xanthine production. Researching under the National High Technology "863" Plan, the National Natural Science Foundation, and the International Natural Science Fund, he conducts studies of the pathogenic-related genes of Xanthomonas campestris, PV campestris, Xanthomonas oryzae PV oryzae, and Xanthine biosynthesis.

Professor Tang has published three monographs and translations, more than fifty articles, and several applied patents. He won a first and second prize of the Guangxi Science and Technology Advancement Prize.

Professor Tang is a member of the technology committee of the National High Technology "863" Plan and the appraisal committee of the life sciences department of the National Natural Science Foundation. He also served as a member of the 9th and 10th NPC. He is currently president of Guangxi University.