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A New Leadership at GIBH
Date：Aug 26, 2008
August 14, 2008, Guangzhou. On behalf of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Prof. Jun GUO, the Secretary-General of CAS Guangzhou Branch, officially announced the appointment of Prof. Duanqing PEI as the new Director-General of GIBH, and Mr. Jianchong Huang and Mr. Yongfeng ZHU as Deputy Director General in a general staff meeting. The new leadership will serve a term of 5 years.
Prof. Pei is a stem cell biologist with a Ph.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He began his academic career at the University of Minnesota in 1996 and received his tenure in 2002. He joined GIBH as Professor and Deputy Director General in 2004. Prof. Ling CHEN was the first Director General of GIBH and was highly praised for his contributions and exceptional work performance for the past five years.
In his inaugural speech, Prof. Pei expressed his gratitude towards the CAS leaders and GIBH board members for their support. He also expressed his deep appreciations for the support and good will of the GIBH staff members. He emphasized his strong belief and confidence in GIBH. He pledged that he would work closely with members of the new leadership, faculty, staff and students to build a first class institution at GIBH. Together, he believes that GIBH will achieve "the first rate research, the first class efficiency, first rate management and first class talent" as mandated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.