| Shao Xinyu | |||||||||||||||||||
| Native Name: | 邵新宇 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||||||||||||||
| Office: | Vice Governor of Hubei | ||||||||||||||||||
| Term Start: | September 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Governor: | Wang Zhonglin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Office1: | Vice Minister of Science and Technology | ||||||||||||||||||
| Term Start1: | September 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Term End1: | September 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1Blankname1: | Minister | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1Namedata1: | Wang Zhigang | ||||||||||||||||||
| Office2: | Communist Party Secretary of Huazhong University of Science and Technology | ||||||||||||||||||
| Term Start2: | December 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Term End2: | September 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Successor2: | Li Yuanyuan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Jingjiang, Jiangsu, China | ||||||||||||||||||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Huazhong University of Science and Technology University of Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||
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Shao Xinyu (; born November 1967) is a Chinese engineer and politician who is currently serving as a vice governor of Hubei. He previously served as Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Huazhong University of Science and Technology from 2017 to 2021, and as a vice minister of Science and Technology from 2021 to 2022.
Shao was born in Jingjiang, Jiangsu, in November 1968. His father Shao Daosheng (Chinese: 邵道生) is a researcher at the Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.[1] He attended Jingjiang High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1986, a master's degree in 1990, and a doctor's degree in 1992, all from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He pursued advanced studies in the United States, earning a doctor's degree from the University of Michigan. He was a research assistant at Ford Motor Company between June 1996 and August 1998.
He joined the mechanics faculty of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in December 1998 and was promoted to dean in October 2002. In July 2013, he became executive vice-president, a position at department level (Chinese: 正厅级). In December 2017 he was promoted to Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the university, a position at vice-ministerial level.[2]
In September 2021, he was appointed vice minister of Science and Technology by the State Council.[3] He was removed from the position in September 2022,[4] and was appointed as a vice governor of Hubei.[5] In September 2023, he was appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the CCP.[6]