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Hualin Qian
Prof. Qian has over 30 years of experience in the computing industry and has been responsible for many of the major technology projects in China. He has made important contributions to bringing the Internet to China since 1989, and finished the initial Internet connection in 1994. That same year, he finished the construction and operation of China’s top-level domain (.cn). His team developed the first X.25 network in China in 1984. As a chief designer, he finished the design of the computer network system for the 11th Asia Games 1990.
He currently serves as deputy director of the CNNIC Steering Committee, vice chair of the Internet Society of China, member of the Executive Committee of APNIC, board member of APTLD, and chief engineer and former deputy director at the Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He also serves as editor for journals such as the JCST (Journal of Computer Science and Technology, English version) and Journal of Software. He was a visiting scholar at Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States from 1980 to 1982.
Hualin Qian was selected for the ICANN Board by the Nominating Committee and started serving in June 2003. His term on the ICANN Board ended after the conclusion of ICANN's annual meeting in 2006.