Only 9 days have passed in 2023, and we have already lost 8 academicians!
1. Van Vi Tang
On January 1, 2023, Fan Weitang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, former vice minister of the Ministry of Coal Industry and member of the Party Group, died in Beijing at the age of 87 due to ineffective medical treatment.
范维唐主要从事研究及主持综合机械化技术攻关，做出了重大贡献。 A modern laboratory for coal mining mechanization has been established, and a large number of scientific research achievements are widely used in production. It has formed a complete set of technical equipment for comprehensive mining, economic comprehensive mining and high-grade general mining that conforms to national conditions and is suitable for different production geological conditions, and has achieved great economic benefits. In recent years, he has presided over a number of strategic research projects in the fields of energy, coal and public safety.
2. Zhao Qiguo
On January 3, 2023, Zhao Qiguo, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a famous soil scientist in mainland China, and former director and researcher of the Nanjing Institute of Soil Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, died in Nanjing at the age of 93 due to ineffective medical treatment.
Academician Zhao Qiguo has long been engaged in soil resources investigation, soil circle material cycle, soil ecological environment and other research. He participated in the investigation of rubber suitable forest land and Heilongjiang wasteland resources in the southern part of the mainland, and organized and carried out the comprehensive treatment of medium and low-yield fields in the northern Yubei region of the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain. The formation of continental red soil and its degradation mechanism and regulation were comprehensively and systematically studied, and the soil science research was first deepened from the perspective of the geosphere. It has promoted the theory and practice of ecological high-value agriculture, and made outstanding contributions to promoting the development of soil science and ensuring national food security.
3. Xu Li
On January 4, 2023, Xu Li, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, one of the pioneers and founders of China's fast reactor business, and chief expert of CNNC's fast reactor technology, passed away in Beijing at the age of 86.
Xu Li is one of the pioneers and founders of fast reactor technology in China and is known as the "father of fast reactor in China" in the industry. He promoted the inclusion of fast reactors in the major projects of the national "863" plan, proposed the "three-step" development strategy of fast reactor technology, led the construction of China's experimental fast reactor, and established a Chinese model of leapfrog development of fast reactors, making outstanding contributions to the sustainable development of China's nuclear energy.
4. Lu Xiyan
On January 4, 2023, Lu Xiyan, a famous organic chemist in mainland China, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and researcher of the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, died in Shanghai at the age of 95 due to ineffective medical treatment.
陆熙炎在上世纪50年代，参与了大陆抗菌类链霉素的提炼； In the early 60s, he participated in the synthesis of artificial bovine insulin; At the end of the 70s, he devoted himself to the research of organometallic chemistry and was one of the pioneers of organometallic chemistry research in mainland China.
5. Ge Xiurun
On January 4, 2023, Ge Xiurun, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and researcher of the Wuhan Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, died in Wuhan at the age of 88 due to ineffective medical treatment.
Ge Xiurun is a well-known rock mechanics and engineering expert in mainland China, he is one of the earliest experts and scholars in geotechnical engineering to introduce finite element numerical analysis methods, one of the discipline leaders in rock slope engineering and underground engineering research and governance, and a pioneer of rock mechanics experimental technology and ancient cultural site protection engineering.
6. Wusheng
On January 4, 2023, Comrade Wu Sheng, a member of the Communist Party of China, a well-known expert in nuclear materials and processes, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics, died in Chengdu, Sichuan Province at the age of 89 due to ineffective medical treatment.
Wusheng has long been engaged in key technology research and basic research of special material components, and has made outstanding contributions to the mainland nuclear weapons cause, the scientific development of special materials and the training of talents.
7. Yang Fuyu
On January 5, 2023, Yang Fuyu, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a famous biochemist and researcher at the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, died in Beijing at the age of 96 due to ineffective medical treatment.
杨福愉，是大陆生物膜领域的主要奠基人之一，为大陆膜生物学研究的开拓、发展、推动、创新以及走向世界作出了杰出贡献。
8. Zhang Jinlin
On January 9, 2023, Comrade Zhang Jinlin, a member of the Communist Party of China, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and researcher of the 719th Research Institute of China Shipbuilding Group Co., Ltd., died in Wuhan at the age of 87 due to ineffective medical treatment.
张金麟是大陆第三任核潜艇总设计师，长期从事核潜艇总体和动力研究设计工作，为中国核潜艇研制事业作出了重大贡献。
How sad it is to lose a pillar!