Zhong Binglin

President of Beijing Normal UniversityIn office
April 2001 – July 2012Party SecretaryLiu Chuansheng
Cheng JianpingPreceded byYuan GuirenSucceeded byDong Qi [zh] Personal detailsBornJuly 1951
Beijing, ChinaDied7 April 2024(2024-04-07) (aged 72)
Beijing, ChinaPolitical partyChinese Communist PartyAlma materSoutheast University
Cardiff UniversityChinese nameSimplified Chinese钟秉林Traditional Chinese鐘秉林

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhōng Bǐnglín

Zhong Binglin (Chinese: 钟秉林; July 1951 – 7 April 2024) was a Chinese university administrator and politician who served as president of Beijing Normal University from 2001 to 2012. He was a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).^[1] He was a member of the 11th and 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[1]

Zhong was born in Beijing in July 1951.^[1] After graduating from Beijing No. 4 High School in 1969, he became a sent-down youth in Yan'an, a birthplace of the Communist revolution in northwest China's Shaanxi province.^[1] In 1973, he enrolled at Nanjing Institute of Technology (now Southeast University), where he majored in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.^[1] After graduation, he stayed for teaching.^[1] He was promoted to associate professor in 1988 and to full professor in 1992.^[1] In 1990, he was sent to Cardiff University to study at the expense of the government, where he earned doctor of philosophy degree.^[1] He returned to China in 1994 and that year became vice president of Southeast University.^[1]

In September 1996, he was appointed director of the Higher Education Department of the National Education Commission (now Ministry of Education).^[1]

In April 2001, he was chosen as president of Beijing Normal University, a position he held until July 2012.^[1]

Zhong died on 7 April 2024, at the age of 72.^[2][3]

Educational offices
Preceded by Yuan Guiren	President of Beijing Normal University 2001–2012	Succeeded by Dong Qi [zh]