Outstanding Contributors to China’s Reform and Opening-up series
Dec 19, 2018
Peking University, November 29, 2018: The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) plans to honor 100 outstanding individuals who have made great contributions to China’s reform and opening-up. Three PKU teachers, Wang Xuan, Li Yining, and Justin Yifu Lin, were on the list, along with eight PKU alumni, Yu Min, Wang Jiafu, Robin Li Yanhong, Zou Bihua, Hu Fuming, Zhong Nanshan, Tu Youyou and Fan Jinshi.
Wang Xuan
Wang Xuan,(1937 – 2006) was former vice chairman of the national committee of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), former director of PKU Institute of Computer Science and Technology, academician of the CAS and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He was the forerunner of contemporary China's printing industry revolution and innovator of the Chinese language laser typesetting technology. In 2002, Wang used his nine million yuan (more than US$ one million) bonus to establish the "Wang Xuan Science Research Fund" to support computer-related research work of the Peking University. He was granted the State Pre-eminent Science and Technology Award.
Written by: Wang Nini, Wang Xi
Edited by: Huang Yadan, Xu Liangdi
Source: PKU official subscription account (in Chinese)
