A board of directors was established. Xiangtan University, referred to as "Xiangda University" for short, is a comprehensive national key university and a national "double-class" construction university. In June 1997, 16, with the approval of Hunan provincial people's government, Xiangtan University took the lead in setting up a board of directors among provincial universities, so it has a chairman. Since the establishment of the board of directors, many party and government leaders who are enthusiastic about the cause of higher education and support the construction and development of Xiangtan University, chairman (English: Chairmanoftheboard), also translated as chairman, refer to the top leader of a company who directs the board of directors.