Fang Zhiyuan (Chinese: 方智远; 3 September 1939 – 20 January 2023) was a Chinese engineer in the field of genetic breeding, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.[1]
Fang Zhiyuan | |||||||
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方智远 | |||||||
| Born | 3 September 1939 | ||||||
| Died | 20 January 2023 (aged 83) Beijing, China | ||||||
| Alma mater | Wuhan University | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Genetic breeding | ||||||
| Institutions | Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 方智远 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 方智遠 | ||||||
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Fang was a member of the 9th and 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[1]
Biography
editFang was born in Hengyang, Hunan, on 3 September 1939.[1] He attended Hengyang No. 1 High School.[1] In 1960, he was admitted to Wuhan University, where he graduated in 1964.[1]
After university, Fang was despatched to the Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, where he moved up the ranks to become director in 1995.[1] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1980.[1]
On 20 January 2023, he died in Beijing, at the age of 83.[2]
Honours and awards
edit- 1991 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for breeding of new cabbage varieties "Zhonggan 8" and "Zhonggan 11"
- 1995 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)[3]
- 1996 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation[1]
- 1998 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for breeding of a new early-maturing spring cabbage variety "8398"
- 2014 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for establishment of breeding technology system and breeding of new varieties of male sterile line in cabbage