China FDC on "Scientists of Modern China (V)"

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Scientists of Modern China (V)

Date of Issue : 25 May 2011

(Top FDC)
4-1 : Bei Shizhang (貝時璋)
Bei Shizhang (1903 - 2009), born in Zhenhai (present-day Ningbo), Zhejiang Province, was a noted biologist, educator, and founder and pioneer of Chinese biophysics. As the founding father of Chinese biophysics, radiobiology, and cosmobiology, he contributed a great deal to China's Life sciences and manned space program.

(2nd FDC)
4-2 : Qian Xuesen (錢學森)
Qian Xuesen (1911 - 2009), born in Shanghai, with his ancestral home in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, was a world-renowned scientist, and founder of China's space program. He pioneered China's space technology, system science and system engineering, and made important contributions to China's rocketry, missile, and space program, which won him the honorary title of "China's Outstanding Scientist with Outstanding Achievements" and a meritorious medal of "Two Bombs and One Satellite".

(3rd FDC)
4-3 : Hou Xianglin (侯祥麟)
Hou Xianglin (1912 - 2008), a native of Shantou, Guangdong Province, was a prominent chemical engineer, fuel chemical expert, founder of China's oil refining technology, and one of the pioneers of China's petrochemical technology. Once awarded the "HLHL Prize for scientific and Technological Achievement", Hou made great contributions to the realization of China's oil self-sufficiency and the development of petroleum technology of China.

(4th FDC)
4-4 : Qian Sanqiang (錢三強)
Qian Sanqiang (1913 - 1992), a native of Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, was a renowned physicist and founder of Chinese atomic energy science. He cultivated a large group of talented nuclear researchers and established a national base for the research of nuclear science. He was awarded a meritorious medal of "Two Bombs and One Satellite" in honor of his prominent leadership in China's successful program of atomic and hydrogen bombs and artificial satellities.