Niu Gang 1 (1960-), master, senior economist. He has won the titles of outstanding young entrepreneurs in the whole country and Liaoning Province, model of youth reform builders in Dalian, top ten outstanding young entrepreneurs in Dalian, special model workers in Dalian, model workers in Liaoning Province and national model workers. In 2007, CCTV China Economic Person of the Year served as an adjunct professor at Dalian University of Technology. He published many papers, which greatly promoted the economic development of this area.