Chen Fangyun
Chen Fangyun (
Early life and education
Chen was born on 3 April 1916 in
He entered Tsinghua University in 1934 and graduated with a bachelor's degree in physics in 1938. While a student at Tsinghua, he participated in the December 9th Movement of 1935 against Japanese aggression in North China.[3]
Career
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Chen taught and conducted research at Tsinghua University's Radio Research Institute and later worked at the Chengdu Radio Factory.[2][3] After the end of the war, he went to Britain in 1945 and worked for three years as a researcher at the A.C. Cossor radio factory.[2][3][4]
Chen returned to China in 1948. He was one of the scientists who established the Institute of Electronics of the
In the early 1970s, Chen began researching and developing
In March 1986, Chen and three other prominent scientists—Wang Daheng, Wang Ganchang, and Yang Jiachi—wrote a letter to Deng Xiaoping advocating the development of strategic technologies.[1] Deng accepted their proposal, which gave birth to the influential 863 Program, named after the date of their letter.[1]
Chen died on 29 April 2000, at the age of 84.[2][5]
Honours and recognition
Chen was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980.[5] He was also an academician of the International Academy of Astronautics and served as Vice President of the International Astronautical Federation.[2]
Chen was awarded the
References
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- ^ a b c d e "陈芳允". Jiusan Society. 2018-08-23. Archived from the original on 2019-04-27. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
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- ^ a b c "陈芳允". Chinese Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 2019-06-10. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ^ "10929 Chenfangyun". NASA. 2009-05-11. Retrieved 2019-04-26.