Zhang Ziyi (4 March 1925 – 23 March 2022) was a Chinese zootechnician and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He was a member of the 7th and 8th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[1]
Zhang Ziyi | |||||||
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张子仪 | |||||||
Born | |||||||
Died | 23 March 2022 Beijing, China | (aged 97)||||||
Alma mater | Hokkaido University Kyoto University | ||||||
Scientific career | |||||||
Fields | Zootechnics | ||||||
Institutions | Institute of Animal Husbandry, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 张子仪 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 張子儀 | ||||||
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Biography
editZhang was born in Linyi County, Shanxi, on 4 March 1925. His father was a Jinshi during the late Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) in Imperial China. After graduating from Hokkaido University in the Empire of Japan in 1945, he attended Kyoto University where he obtained his bachelor's degree in agronomy in Allied-occupied Japan in 1948 and doctor's degree in animal nutrition in 1952.[2][3]
Zhang returned to China in October 1952 and that same year became a group leader in the North China Institute of Agricultural Sciences. In January 1980, he took office as director of the Institute of Animal Husbandry, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, a position he held until January 2010.[2][3]
On 23 March 2022, he died of an illness in Beijing, at the age of 97.[2][3]
Honours and awards
edit- 1985 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for the paper of Tables of Feed Composition and Nutritive Value in China
- 1996 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for the Study on Nutritional Parameters and New Technology of Feed Formula for Pigs and Chickens
- 1997 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)
References
edit- ^ 张子仪. Chinese Academy of Engineering (in Chinese). 23 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ a b c Zhou Huaizong (周怀宗) (23 March 2022). 著名动物营养学家张子仪院士逝世. Beijing News (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ a b c Yang Tianzhi (杨天智) (24 March 2022). 又一院士离去!动物营养学家张子仪病逝,曾屡获科技进步奖. Sohu (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 March 2022.