- Zhu Guangya
Zhu Guangya (Chinese: 朱光亚; December 25, 1924 - ) is a renowned nuclear physicist of China, and an academician of
Chinese Academy of Sciences . He served as the vice chairman of 8th and 9thChinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).Zhu graduated from department of physics of
National Southwestern Associated University in 1945, and obtained a doctorate degree in physics atUniversity of Michigan in the United States. He returned to China in spring of 1950. After 1957, he was involved in research of nuclear reactor. Together withDeng Jiaxian and others, Zhu led the development of atomic bomb and hydrogen bomb of China.In 1994 when
Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) was founded, he served as the first president. In 1999, he received an achievement medal in recognition of his contribution to China's "Two Bombs, One Satellite" projects.Zhu was an alternate member of 9th and 10th Central Committees of the
Communist Party of China , and a full member of 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Central Committees of CPC.
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