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Biography Highlight

Zhu Guangya, male, Han nationality, was born in 1924 in Yichang, Hubei Province. He studied and taught in Chongqing during World War II, and then, at the recommendation of Professor Wu Dayou, studied nuclear physics at the University of Michigan from1946 to1950, where he obtained a doctorate. He returned to China in 1950 and taught at Beijing University until 1952 when he became director of teaching and research at Northeast China People's University.

Recent Career Data

	Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1999	(Recipient, Medal from the CPC Central Committee for Work on Nuclear Weapons and Satellites)
1998—2003	Vice-Chairman, 9th CPPCC, National Committee
1994—1998	Director, State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND)
1994—1998	President, Chinese Academy of Engineering
1992—1997	Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee
1987—1992	Member, 13th CPC, Central Committee
	Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1982—1987	Member, 12th CPC, Central Committee
1982—1991	Vice-President, China Association for Science and Technology