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Wu Jiandong

Wu Jiandong is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Wu Jiandong rather than just read about it. In short: Wu Jiandong (武建东) is a Chinese scientist, active in the fields of energy policy and artificial intelligence, in particular computer networked medical services. Over a career of more than 30 years, several proposals and reports put forward by Wu have been adopted and applied by the Chinese government.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Wu Jiandong (武建东) is a Chinese scientist, active in the fields of energy policy and artificial intelligence, in particular computer networked medical services. Over a career of more than 30 years, several proposals and reports put forward by Wu have been adopted and applied by the Chinese government.

Contributions

Energy strategy

According to a special report carried by Xinhua News Agency — China’s state news agency — and as honored by the industry, Wu Jiandong is the founder of “Intelligent Energy Doctrine” and “Chinese Energy Internet of Things Doctrine”. The energy system he proposed is a multi-helix structure consisting of eight agents including customer right, intelligence right, finance right, processing right, resource right, taxation right, emission right, and facility right, and the “Multi-Helix Structure” has been named as ‘Wu Jiandong Energy Helix’. As project leader, and in 2009, he presided over the formulation of the implementation scheme for the Chinese intelligent energy net projects outlined in the key energy plan under the National Twelfth Five-Year Plan. In 2010, he was called "One Of the Few Thought Leaders in the World" in the Global Smart Grid Forum sponsored by the US Department of Energy and International Smart Grid Alliance. Recently, he first comprehensively put forward the ‘Energy IOT Doctrine’ in international community, and wrote a report on "Intelligent Energy Net – Action That Determines Success of World's Low Carbon Growth Transition". The Intelligent Energy Doctrine put forward by Wu in 2009 is of revolutionary significance to the construction of an intelligent energy net or "smart grid". Mr. Guido Bartels, Chairman of 2010 International Smart Grid Alliance, commented: “China is leading the world in quite a few innovative thinking in energy field. And the advanced concepts put forward by Wu and the team he led has been widely acknowledged in the industry, and Wu has made people understanding more and more clearer the critical pillar elements in energy transition, which is Intelligent Energy Net.” In addition, people in the industry have compared the “Intercontinental Interactive Energy Network Program” proposed by Wu with the US Pickens Energy Program and has named it as “Wu Jiandong Program”. In March, 2013, the publication of “The Green Paper Outline On Deepening China Electrical Power System Reformation”, primarily edited by Wu Jiandong, received great echo in the industry, and the book was honored by policy makers as having important reference value to the central government in studying and deciding the plan for a new round of electric power system reforms.

ICT and artificial intelligence

In 2011, Wu published his article “Develop System Mode and Strategic Paths for Super Internet” which occupied a whole edition of the Science Times sponsored by China Academy of Science. The editor stated that Professor Wu first put forward the ideological system for developing “Super Internet” in international society, and commented that the doctrine established by Wu had made China one of the countries with a sophisticated internet strategic doctrine, following the US GENI Plan and Europe's LP7 Actions.

Medical internet In 2015, Wu's article “Medical Internet Is Expected to Transform Human Beings Comprehensively” was published as a whole edition of China Shanghai Securities Newspaper. The article was regarded an important component of the ideology for super internet, and Wu was thereupon honored as the founder of Chinese medical internet doctrine. In the meantime, following medical science systems IBM Doctor Watson and Google Doctor Alphago, Wu has facilitated establishing super network doctor which is based on artificial intelligence and possesses in-depth learning ability, and is able to conduct super computations. This innovation has widely enhanced the efficiency and capability of the Chinese medical healthcare service system. It has provided robotic thinking systems for 4 million natural person doctors and 500,000 clinics; ancillary service for more than 30 million clinical patients in China; and intelligent service for 300 million Chinese chronicle patients. Many leading medical professors in China have collaborated in Wu's development program. His wife is a professor of Beijing Union Medical College Hospital, the most renowned hospital in China, and is the director of the Puberty Medical Professional Committee of China Medical Doctor Association.

Career For more than thirty years, Wu has provided service for the research agencies under the National Development and Reform Commission and the company under the Housing System Reform Office of the State Council.

Positions held From 1989 to 1992, he was deputy director of the China Securities Training Center, and engaged in research for a long time thereafter. Currently, he is the group leader and chief specialist of China Intelligent Energy Research Group of China Association for Science and Technology; Group Leader and Chief Specialist of Artificial Intelligence Medical Science Project Group of China Healthcare Industry Fund Company of National Development and Reform Commission; Emeritus Professor of the Electrical Engineering Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences; President of China Shenzhen Smart Clean Energy Research Institute; Contract Research Fellow at China Society of Economic Reform; Council Member of International Smart Grid Alliance; Deputy Director of China Society of Intelligence Engineering Research; Chief Economic Advisor at China World National Culture Exchange Promotion Society; Member of the Expert Committee of China Federation of IT Promotion under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology; and Advisor for the Energy System Professional Committee under Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering. In the meantime, he is concurrently the professor of China Shandong Electric Power Construction Engineering Design Institute, one of the largest electric power designing institutes in China; Senior Consultant at CLOU Electronics Company Limited, a listed company of Shenzhen city, and the largest smart meter manufacturer in China; and Independent Director of Fareast Intelligent Energy listed in Shanghai Stock Market, the largest electric cable manufacturer in China.

Publications Over the years, Wu has published many articles, some of these as follows:

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Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Wu Jiandong

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Wu Jiandong claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Wu Jiandong before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Wu Jiandong ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Wu Jiandong

In research: Wu Jiandong appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Wu Jiandong in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Wu Jiandong is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Chinese electrical engineers, Chinese scientists, Living people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Wu Jiandong outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Wu Jiandong in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Wu Jiandong matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Wu Jiandong?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Wu Jiandong.