7 Notable alumni of Hunan Normal University
Updated: June 05, 2026 EliteDegrees
Hunan Normal University is ranked #1,332 in the world and #92 in China by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 7 notable alumni from Hunan Normal University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Hunan Normal University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Mao Ning
1972-. (aged 54)
diplomat
Mao Ning is a Chinese diplomat. She has served as the 33rd spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China since September 2022 and as the director-general of the MFA Department of Information since January 2025.
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2. Hou Zhihui
1997-. (aged 29)
weightlifter
Hou Zhihui is a Chinese weightlifter, two-times Olympic champion, World champion, and two-time Asian champion competing in the women's 49 kg category.
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3. Tang Baiqiao
1967-. (aged 59)
human rights defender
Baiqiao Tang, sometimes spelled Tang Boqiao, is a Chinese political dissident from Hunan province who led student protests during the 1989 democracy movement. After the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, Tang fled from agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) who eventually arrested him in the city of Jiangmen. He was charged with being a counter-revolutionary and imprisoned.
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4. Li Guyi
1944-. (aged 82)
singer
Li Guyi is a Chinese singer and dancer. Li rose to fame after singing Homeland Love (乡恋), a mellow love ballad written by Ma Jinghua and Zhang Peiji, in 1980 shortly after China began its "Reform and Opening".
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5. Liu Yan
geologist
Liu Yan is a Chinese Antarctic researcher best known for her work on iceberg calving. She is an associate professor of geography in the College of Global Change and Earth System Science (GCESS) and Polar Research Institute, Beijing Normal University.
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6. Han Shaogong
1953-. (aged 73)
translator
writer
Han Shaogong is a Chinese novelist and fiction writer.
7. Yi Lianhong
1959-. (aged 67)
politician
Yi Lianhong is a Chinese politician. Originally from Hunan province, Yi rose through the ranks as an academic at the provincial party school; he later served as party secretary of Yueyang and party secretary of Changsha, before being transferred to Shenyang.
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