Private university in Hangzhou names president

Shi Yigong, a former Princeton University professor of molecular science, was named as president of the new Westlake University in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China's first private school aimed at cultivating high-level talent in advanced technology to push the country to the forefront of scientific research.

Shi, who also serves as president of the Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, was chosen on Monday by the school's board of trustees, which also named two vice-pres idents - Xu Tian and Qiu Min.

The board also named physicist and Nobel laureate Yang Zhenning as honorary director.