Mainland Chinese professors from Tsinghua University named for top roles at University of Hong Kong
- Max Shen Zuojun and Gong Peng have been recommended for the posts of vice-presidents for research and academic development
- If endorsed, both of them – also attached to the University of California, Berkeley – would assume the positions from January 2021 at the earliest
Two mainland Chinese professors from Tsinghua University have been named to take up leading management roles at the University of Hong Kong.
One of them, Max Shen Zuojun, was listed as a Chinese Communist Party member on Tsinghua’s website until Thursday, with the title later removed, sparking calls for clarification from an opposition lawmaker and HKU’s student union.
Two sources have confirmed to the Post that Shen and Gong Peng, who both are also attached to the University of California, Berkeley, have been recommended to fill the posts of vice-presidents for research and academic development.
The HKU governing council is expected to discuss the appointments next Tuesday. If endorsed, both of them would assume the positions from January 2021 at the earliest and serve for a five-year period.
The HKU president’s office had been searching worldwide for months to identify candidates for the two roles.
