Li Jiange, ex-head of China International Capital, says he's been picked as chancellor of new higher education institute in Guangdong
By staff reporters Sheng Menglu and Ren Bo
CAIXIN ONLINE - 10.27.2015
(Beijing) – Li Jiange, the former chairman of China International Capital Corp. Ltd., an investment bank, says he will become the chancellor of a university co-founded by institutes in China and Israel. The Guangdong-Technion Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) is a joint venture between the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, a science and technology research university in Israel, and Shantou University in the southern province of Guangdong. "I hope that through this collaboration, we can introduce Israel's advanced teaching models and creative thinking into China," Li said. "We hope to build a Chinese Silicon Valley backed by the university to promote economic transformation in Guangdong and across the country." The school reached out to Li when the new university was initially being planned, he said. Li has held top posts in the government's economic policymaking departments, including deputy director of the former Economics Restructuring Office and deputy director of the Development Research Center of the State Council.
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