09 Oct 2023
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The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) just got a new boss.
On Saturday, Yin Hejun, deputy Party secretary of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was appointed the head of MoST’s Party group.
That means he will soon replace Wang Zhigang as MoST minister.
At age 60, Yin ...
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