Wu Qidi (; born August 1947) is a Chinese politician and engineer. She is the current president of the Shanghai Overseas Returned Scholars Association. Education 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. 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. Career From 1986 to 1989, Wu worked as a lecturer at Tongji University before becoming an assistant professor, then a professor. In 1993, she was made vice-president of Tongji University, before becoming president in 1995. 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. In 2002, Wu was an alternate member of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. In 2003, Wu was made Vice-minister of Education, in addition to becoming a Vice-chairwoman of the All-China Women's Federation. Honours and awards Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1999). Henry Fok Scholarship Award from MOE for Young Teachers (1988) References Living people 1947 births Chinese women engineers Chinese Communist Party politicians from Zhejiang Chinese women in politics Educators from Wenzhou Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Tsinghua University alumni ETH Zurich alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang Politicians from Wenzhou Academic staff of Tongji University Engineers from Zhejiang 20th-century Chinese engineers 20th-century women engineers 21st-century women engineers All-China Women's Federation people