15 Notable alumni of Xi’an Jiaotong University

Cang Hui is a mathematical ecologist at Stellenbosch University. His research interests are proposing models and theories for explaining emerging patterns of biodiversity, networks and adaptive traits in ecology and evolution.

Hu Yuting is a Chinese executive and politician, currently serving as the governor of Jilin. He was the former party secretary of Dalian and deputy party secretary of Liaoning from 2021 to 2023.

Liu Peng is a Chinese Communist Party politician, who most recently served as director of the State General Administration of Sports.

Xin Bao'an is a Chinese engineer and executive who served as chairman of the State Grid Corporation of China from 2021 to 2024.

Jiang Xiaojuan is a Chinese economist and politician. She is a Professor and Dean of the School of Public Policy and Management of Tsinghua University, and a research professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). She is a Standing Committee Member of the National People's Congress (NPC) and Vice Chairperson of the NPC Social Construction Committee, taking charge...

Fang Xingdong is a Chinese former internet entrepreneur in the early 2000s and currently a professor of Liberal Arts at Zhejiang University, Professor and Doctoral supervisor at the School of Media and International Culture of Zhejiang University, deputy director of the Integrated Media Research Center, Chief Expert of the Institute of Social Governance at Zhejiang University, Deputy Chairman of the...

Gang Hua is a Chinese-American computer scientist who specializes in the field of computer vision and pattern recognition. He is an IEEE Fellow, IAPR Fellow and ACM Distinguished Member. He is a key contributor to Microsoft's Facial Recognition technologies.

Han Qide is a Chinese physician and politician. Han served as the chairman of the Jiusan Society and is a member of the Chinese Communist Party. He was the vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and served as the vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He also served...

Lu Zhiyuan is a Chinese politician, currently serving as the minister of Civil Affairs. He previously served as the party secretary of Qingdao and deputy party secretary of Shandong.

Wang Dongfeng is a Chinese politician who is the current secretary-general of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was formerly the Party Secretary of Hebei province and mayor of Tianjin, one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of China. Born in Xi'an, Wang spent his early career in his home province of Shaanxi. He then served in the State Administration...

Chen Dong is a Chinese fighter pilot and taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. A fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), he was selected to be a CNSA taikonaut in 2010.

Huajian Gao FRS is a Chinese-American mechanician who is widely known for his contributions to the field of solid mechanics, particularly on the micro- and nanomechanics of thin films, hierarchically structured materials, and cell-nanomaterial interactions. He is a professor at Tsinghua University, a Distinguished University Professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Walter H. Annenberg Professor Emeritus of Engineering...

Xu Xiaonian is Professor of Economics and Finance at China Europe International Business School, named by Businessweek as one of China's Most Powerful People in 2009. From 1981 to 1985, he worked at Center of Development and Research, State Council of the People's Republic of China as Research Fellow. He got Doctor of Economics at University of California, Davis in...

Zhou Hongyi is a Chinese billionaire entrepreneur. He is the co-founder, chairman and CEO of the Internet security company Qihoo 360. As of November 2018, he is ranked #45 on Forbes China Rich List 2018 and #135 on Forbes Billionaires 2018, with an estimated net worth of $4.7 billion.