Chen Junwu

Chen Junwu (Chinese: 陈俊武; born March 17, 1927) is a Chinese engineer and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).[1]

Chen Junwu
Born (1927-03-17) March 17, 1927
Beijing, Republic of China
Alma materPeking University
Spouse(s)Wu Ningfang
Children2
Scientific career
FieldsOil-refinery engineering
InstitutionsLuoyang Petrochemical Engineering Corporation Ltd
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳俊武
Simplified Chinese陈俊武
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

Biography

Chen was born in Beijing, on March 17, 1927, while his ancestral home in Fuzhou, Fujian. His father Chen Xunchang was a politician in late Qing dynasty and early Republic of China. He is the younger brother of Chen Shunyao, the wife of Song Ping.[2] He attended Chongde Middle School (now Beijing No.31 High School). In 1944 he was accepted to Peking University, majoring in the Department of Applied Chemistry, where he graduated in 1948.[3]

In December 1949 he became a technician at a petroleum plant in Fushun, northeast China's Liaoning province.[4] In 1956 he joined the Fushun Design Institute of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry. Three years later, he was appointed an architect at Datong Coal Refinery Plant. Then he joined Luoyang Engineering Company. In 1982 he joined Sinopec.

In 2018, Chen Junwu's biography was published, written by Zhang Wenxin (张文欣), a well known Luoyang-based author.[2]

Personal life

Chen married Wu Ningfang (吴凝芳) and the couple has two daughters, Chen Ling (陈玲) and Chen Xin (陈欣).[3]

Honours and awards
  • 1985 National Labor Medal
  • 1985 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class)
  • November 1991 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
  • 1995 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation
  • 2015 State Technological Invention Award (First Class)[5]
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References
  1. Hu Chunyan (胡春艳) (20 September 2019). 中科院资深院士陈俊武工作70年：你92岁上班的样子，好酷. qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  2. Sun Zihao 孙自豪 (2018-04-20). "作家和科学家的故事". Luoyang Daily. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  3. 陈俊武：不负韶华，以身许国70年. sina (in Chinese). 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  4. Zhu Peixian (朱佩娴); Bi Jingjin (毕京津) (10 October 2019). “时代楷模”陈俊武：92岁仍坚持上班 为了国家需要而奋斗. chinadaily.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  5. Yang Yu (杨煜) (14 January 2020). “时代楷模”陈俊武先进事迹报告会在京举行. gwm.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 January 2020.
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