Ding Henggao (; born 3 February 1931) is a general in the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...

of China who served as chairperson of the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense from 1985 to 1995. He was a member of the 8th and 9th National Committee of the

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. He was an alternate member of the

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and a member of the

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and

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Biography

Ding was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu, on 3 February 1931. In 1948, he entered National Central University (now Nanjing University), where he majored in the Department of Mechanics. After University, he worked at the Precision Machinery Research Office of the Instrument Department of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 1957, he was sent to study at the Leningrad Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics, where he earned his vice-doctorate degree in 1961. Ding returned to China in October 1961 and that same year was assigned to the Design Office of the Fifth Research Institute of the Ministry of Mational Defense (now China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation) and was transferred to the Seventh Design Institute of the Ministry of Machinery Industry in September 1964. He was despatched to the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense in September 1977. He moved up the ranks to become chairperson in March 1985. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general ('' zhongjiang'') in September 1988 and general ('' shangjiang'') in June 1994.

Personal life

He married

Nie Li Nie Li (born September 1930) is a Lieutenant General of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the first woman to hold the rank. Early life Nie was born in Shanghai in 1930, the daughter of Nie Rongzhen, who would become a Marshal of the PLA, ...

, daughter of Nie Rongzhen.

Honours and awards

* 1985 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Special Prize) * 1994 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) * 1999 Science and Technology Achievement Award of the

Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation The Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation (HLHL, ) is a Hong Kong-based non-government organisation which annually bestows prizes upon Chinese scientists. It was established on 30 March 1994, with funds donated from the charitable foundations of Ho Sin Han ...

References

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