Principal in 2005. Jiangnan University, located in Wuxi, is a national "double-class" university directly under the Ministry of Education of China. In 2005, Chen Jian became the president of Jiangnan University. Chen Jian, 1962 was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province in May. Biotechnology expert in fermentation and light industry, academician of China Academy of Engineering, professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Bioengineering of Jiangnan University, and deputy director of the Department of Environment and Textile Engineering of China Academy of Engineering.