Qu Dongyu

Vice Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Government

Born in October 1963, Hunan Province. Obtained his PhD in 1996 on genetics and breeding from Wageningen University, Netherlands.

September, 1979-November, 2000

Studied at Hunan Agricultural College (now Hunan Agricultural University), Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), and Wageningen University.

Worked at Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, CAAS, and International Potato Center (CIP), etc.

November, 2000-December, 2002

Director General, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, CAAS

December, 2001-May, 2011

Vice President, CAAS (of which as Deputy Director General, Human Resources Dept, China Three Gorges Dam Project Corporation from May, 2005 to May, 2006)

April, 2008-May, 2011

Assistant Chairman, the People’s Government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China

May, 2011-June, 2015

Vice Chairman, the People’s Government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China

June 2015 to Now

Vice Minister of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China