Kong Xianjing

Kong Xianjing (4 January 1952 – 10 September 2024) was a Chinese engineer and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, who formerly served as deputy party secretary and vice president of Dalian University of Technology.

Biography Kong was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu, on 4 January 1952, while his ancestral home is in Jining, Shandong. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1980, a master's degree in 1983, and a doctor's degree in 1990, all from Dalian Institute of Technology (now Dalian University of Technology).

Honours and awards 1999 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Third Class) 2010 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) 2012 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) 27 November 2017 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)