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Biography

Zhai Huqu, male, Han nationality, is a native of Lianshui, Jiangsu Province. He was born in 1950, graduated from Nanjing Agriculture University and obtained a doctorate degree at Birmingham University in England.

Zhai has specialized in genetic breeding, and he has made notable achievements in the quantitative inheritance field. He has published more than 40 papers in academic publications both at home and abroad. Professor Zhai has also compiled a number of teaching materials for graduate and undergraduate students such as 'Group Inheritance', 'Application Quantities Inheritance' and 'An Introduction to Agriculture', which filled the gap in this field. His research achievement "Paddy Rice Crossbreed Kakogenic Gene Orientation and Inheritance Research" obtained 1st Prize of the China University Natural Sciences Award, and "Generalization and Application of High Productivity, High Quality, Crossbred, Disease Resistant, Medium Flowering New Breed-'Zhendao 8'" obtained 1st Prize of the Ministry of Education Technology Advancement Award.

In recent years, Zhai has published more than 20 papers in macro-agriculture and high-level agriculture education research, and he has provided a lot of original opinions concerning integration and cooperation between agriculture production and research, industrialization of agriculture and transformation of technology achievements, as well as college management, and he has put these ideas into practice. His achievement "Planning and Promotion of Modern Agriculture Development Park" obtained 3rd Prize of the Ministry of Education Technology Advancement Award. Zhai took the post of President of Nanjing Agriculture University in July 1995, and led the university's efforts to reform and develop, and as a result, the university passed the pre-qualification of the "211 Project" in 1996, and passed the project-establishment review of the same in 1997. The University was one of the few universities in China to successfully pass the undergraduate course education work review led by the Ministry of Education. As president, Zhai focused on improving the management efficiency and operational quality of the University, and organized two rounds of University Integrated Reform over a five year period. His reforms were highly praised by the Ministry of Agriculture and generalized in research institutes and educational institutes under the Ministry. He has been a recipient of the state department government special allowance since 1993.

Zhai Huqu was awarded the title of "Outstandingly Contributed Young Specialist of Ministry of Agriculture" in 1997. He is currently an alternate member of the 17th CPC Central Committee.