Mei Hong, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences

On August 11, the WeChat official account of Fuyao Institute of Advanced Studies in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province announced that on the 9th, the first meeting of the first council of Fuyao University of Science and Technology (preparation) was held. Well-known entrepreneurs and directors of Fuyao Group Director Cao Dewang attended and presided over the meeting: it was decided to hire Mei Hong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as the president of Fuzhou Fuyao Institute for Advanced Study/Fuyao University of Science and Technology (under preparation).

Mei Hong, male, was born in Yuqing County, Guizhou Province in May 1963. He is an expert in computer software and is mainly engaged in the research of software engineering and system software. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Nanjing Aeronautical Institute in 1984 and 1987, respectively. Received a Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiaotong University. In 2011, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He once served as executive vice president of Beijing Institute of Technology and vice president of Shanghai Jiaotong University.

According to public information, since July 2019, Mei Hong has served as the vice president of the Academy of Military Sciences.

After the election of the first board of directors: Cao Dewang was elected as the chairman, Wang Enge, former president of Peking University, former vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, professor of the School of Physics of Peking University, and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was elected as the vice chairman, and Zhang Fuli was appointed as the secretary general.

Fuyao University of Science and Technology (in preparation) was established by Cao Dewang donated 10 billion yuan in the first phase. Fujian Province Heren Foundation and Fuzhou Municipal People's Government signed a construction strategic cooperation framework agreement on November 20, 2021. A new engineering, High-tech, applied research university.

Cao Dewang, Chairman of Fuyao Group

Cao Dewang said that education is a career, not an industry. The goal of Fuyao University of Science and Technology (in preparation) is to cultivate outstanding engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs for the country, and to explore an innovative education path. He said, "10 billion yuan is just a budget. I have a plan for everything. The infrastructure is about 6 billion to 7 billion yuan, and the refined decoration is estimated to be 4 billion yuan. Every penny spent goes through me."

According to Fuzhou Daily, the project of Fuyao University of Science and Technology is located on Liuzhou Island, Nanyu Town, Fuzhou High-tech Zone. High-end technical shortcomings, cultivate industrial craftsman-style leading talents, and build a high-level university with influence both at home and abroad.

On the morning of November 19, 2022, the topping out ceremony of the first building of Fuyao University of Science and Technology (in preparation) was held.

According to reports, the Fuyao University of Science and Technology (preparation) project officially held a groundbreaking ceremony on May 14, 2022; the project plan consists of 34 buildings with a total construction area of 870,000 square meters; To build. In November 2022, the construction area of Mingde Hall and the administrative building will be 34,400 square meters.

At present, the campus construction of Fuyao University of Science and Technology (preparation) has entered the stage of decoration and decoration, and its overall construction project is expected to be completed by the end of October 2023.

Fuyao University of Science and Technology plans to start enrollment in 2024. The level of the school is undergraduate and postgraduate, and the scale of the school is 12,000 to 13,000 full-time students, including 6,000 to 6,500 undergraduates. In compliance with the principle of national enrollment policies, excellent students are independently selected. Cao Dewang, chairman of Fuyao Group, said that the school plans to recruit students around the world, focusing on students from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and Asia. The school pursues high-quality students, and the enrollment standard should be the standard of the top 5% universities in China, and foreign students should follow this ratio when entering the school.