On October 24th, National Association of Industry and Commerce held news conference in Beijing to release the “100 Outstanding Private Entrepreneurs in 40 Years of Reform and Opening up”. Qiu Yafu, alumni of XPU and Chairman of the Board of Shandong Ruyi Technology Group Co.Ltd, was awarded on the list of 100 outstanding private entrepreneurs in 40 years of reform and opening up.

Recently, the China Textile Industry Association awarded 140 comrades the title of “Excellent Personalities on the Textile Industry in 40 Years of Reform and Opening up”. XPU’s honorary president Yao Mu, former president Zhang Leshan, alumni Qiu Yafu and Xu Weilin were awarded on the list.

Graduated from XPU majoring in wool textile in 1985, Qiu Yafuis currently Chairman of the Board of Shandong Ruyi Technology Group Co. Ltd. He was a representative of the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th National Congress, awarded the title of “National Model Worker” and “China’s Top Ten Most Watched Entrepreneurs”. At present, Ruyi has been ranked first in the top 500 competitiveness in Chinese textile enterprises for many years. In 2017, Ruyi Brand Holding Group also ranked 16th in the top 100 global high-end brand holding group.

In 1992, Xu Weilin was studying for a master’s degree in XPU. He obtained master’s degree in XPU and doctor’s degrees in Donghua University, textile and polymer materials experts. Now he is a professor in Wuhan Textile University. For a long time, Prof.Xu has set a series of fruitful original research on the textile industry. The findings have won the first prize of National Technology Progress and the second prize of National Technological Innovation.（Translated and editted by Gao Jin)