| Wu Qidi 吴启迪 | |
| Office1: | Vice-minister of Education |
| President1: | Hu Jintao |
| Term Start1: | June 2003 |
| Term End1: | 2008 |
| Office2: | Vice-chairwoman of the All-China Women's Federation |
| President2: | Gu Xiulian |
| Term Start2: | 2003 |
| Term End2: | 2008 |
| Birth Place: | Yongjia County, Zhejiang |
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party |
Wu Qidi (; born August 1947) is a Chinese politician and engineer. She is the president of the Shanghai Overseas Returned Scholars Association.[1]
Wu completed her undergraduate degree in radio engineering at Tsinghua University in 1970. She worked as a technician in a factory making equipment for the Yunnan Central Office for telecommunications until 1975, when she moved to Beijing to become a technician in the China Electronics Standardization Institute.[2]
In 1978, Wu resumed her studies as a master's student Tsinghua University, researching precision instruments and working as an assistant engineer. From 1981 to 1986, Wu studied for a PhD at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.[2]
From 1986 to 1989, Wu worked as a lecturer at Tongji University before becoming an assistant professor, then a professor.[1] In 1993, she was made vice-president of Tongji University, before becoming president in 1995.[3] During Wu's presidency, the number of students at Tongji increased from 27,000 to 56,000 and the funds available for research increased three-fold.[4]
In 2002, Wu was an alternate member of the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[3]
In 2003, Wu was made Vice-minister of Education, in addition to becoming a Vice-chairwoman of the All-China Women's Federation.[5]