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Yan Chen (academic)
Chen Yan or Yan Chen may refer to the following people surnamed Chen: * Chen Yan (governor) (died 891), governor of Fujian during the Tang dynasty * Chen Yan (born 1963), Chinese politician, mayor of Tongren, mayor of Guiyang, vice chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference * Chen Yan (writer) (born 1963), Chinese dramatist and novelist * Yan Chen (economist) (born 1966), Chinese American behavioral and experimental economist * Yan Chen (mechanical engineer), Chinese professor of mechanical engineering * Chen Yan (swimmer, born 1979), female Chinese backstroke swimmer * Chen Yan (swimmer, born 1981), female Chinese individual medley and freestyle swimmer {{Hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Yan (governor)
Chen Yan (. 891) was a Chinese warlord in Fujian during the late Tang. He served as governor (观察使 ''guāncháshǐ'') of the Fujian Circuit, headquartered in what is now Fuzhou. Life It is not known when Chen Yan was born, but it is known that he was from Jian Prefecture ( now Nanping).''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 256. In or around 878, when the major agrarian rebel Huang Chao was pillaging the Fujian region on his way south toward Guang Prefecture (廣州 in modern Guangzhou, Guangdong), Chen gathered several thousand men around him to protect their home territory, and named the army Jiulong Army (). Then-governor of Fujian, Zheng Yi () thus made Chen his deputy in his position as the military prefect (團練使 ''Tuanlianshi'') of Fujian's capital Fu (now Fuzhou). While Chen was serving as deputy military prefect, there was an occasion when Li Lian () the prefect of Quan Prefecture (泉州, in modern Quanzhou, Fujian) was found guilty of a crime. Fearful of punishment, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Yan (born 1963)
Chen Yan (; born August 1963) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in southwest China's Guizhou province. As of March 2024 he was under investigation by China's top anti-graft watchdog. Previously he served as vice chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and before that, mayor of Guiyang and mayor of Tongren. Chen was a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress. Early life and education Chen was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu, in August 1963. In 1982, he enrolled at the Renmin University of China, where he majored in national economic planning. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 1986. Career After university in 1986, Chen was despatched to the Guizhou Provincial Planning Commission (now Guizhou Provincial Development and Reform Commission), where he served in several posts and spent 25 years there. In July 2011, he became vice mayor of Tongren, rising to mayor in January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Yan (writer)
Chen Yan (; born 1963) is a Chinese dramatist and novelist best known for his novel ''The Protagonist'' which won the 10th Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2019, one of the most prestigious literature prizes in China. He was a delegate to the 17th and 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Biography Chen was born in Zhen'an County, Shaanxi, in 1963. At the age of 17, he published his first short story, ''Blasting'' (), in Shaanxi Workers' Literature and Art. In 2004 he became president of Shaanxi Opera Research Institute. Works Novel * * ** English translation: * Drama * ''Late-blooming Roses'' () * ''Big Tree Moves Westward'' () * ''Story of the West Capital'' () Essays * Awards * 2019 ''The Protagonist'' won the 10th Mao Dun Literature Prize Mao Dun Literature Prize () is a prize for novels, established in the will of prominent Chinese writer Mao Dun (for which he personally donated 250,000 RMB) and sponsored by the China Writers Association. Awarded ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Chen (economist)
Yan Chen (born July 11, 1966) is a Chinese American behavioral and experimental economist. She is Daniel Kahneman Collegiate Professor of Information at the University of Michigan School of Information, research professor in the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR) is one of the largest academic social research and survey organization in the world, established in 1949. ISR includes more than 250 scientists from many academic disciplines – in ..., and distinguished visiting professor at the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University, where she directs the Economics Science and Policy Experimental Lab. She is a former president of the Economic Science Association, an international organization of experimental economists. Biography Chen studied English for Science and Technology as an undergraduate student in China, and became interested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Chen (mechanical Engineer)
Yan Chen ( zh, 陈焱) is a Chinese mechanical engineer specializing in reconfigurable mechanisms including rigid origami, metamaterials, and deployable structures. She is a professor of mechanical engineering at Tianjin University, where she heads the Motion Structure Laboratory. Education and career Chen studied engineering at the Jilin University of Technology (now part of Jilin University), earning a bachelor's degree in 1997 and a bachelor's degree in 1999. She went to the University of Oxford for doctoral study in engineering science, completing a doctorate (D.Phil.) in 2004. After working in industry in England for a year, she returned to China in 2005 as an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Nanyang Technological University. She moved to her present position as a full professor at Tianjin University in 2012. Book Chen is the author of the open-access book ''Motion Structures: Deployable Structural Assemblies of Mechanisms'' (CRC Press, 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Yan (swimmer, Born 1979)
Chen Yan (; born May 2, 1979, in Nanjing, Jiangsu) is a former China, Chinese swimmer. She won the bronze medal in the Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, 4×100 m medley relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. At the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships she won the gold medal in the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships - Women's 200m Backstroke, 200 m backstroke and the silver medal in the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships - Women's 100m Backstroke, 100 m backstroke. She failed a Doping in sport, drug test at the 1998 Asian Games and was suspended from competition for four years. References 1978 births Living people Swimmers from Jiangsu Chinese female backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for China Sportspeople from Nanjing Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Doping cases in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Medalists at the 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |