Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and chairman of TerraPower, has been elected as a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), one of the country's top academic institutions, CAE said on its website on Monday.

 

中国工程院周一在其网站上发布消息称，微软联合创始人、泰拉能源公司总裁比尔·盖茨被选为中国工程院外籍院士。
 

 

The CAE recently elected 67 new domestic members and 18 new foreign members. Among the 18 foreign experts, 10 come from US, 3 from the UK, 3 from Australia, 1 from Japan, and 1 from Russia.