Ji Guobiao (; 1 March 1932 – 5 September 2019) was a Chinese chemical engineer and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). He was a pioneer of chemical fiber engineering technology in China.

Early life and education

Ji was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu, in March 1932. He studied at Donglin Academy and Furen High School. After the liberation of Shanghai in 1949, he was accepted to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where he majored in the Department of Industrial Management and Department of Textile Dyeing and Chemical Industry. In 1951, due to the adjustment of the faculty, he became a new transfer student at East China Institute of Textile Science and Technology (now Donghua University). During his university years, he joined the New Democratic Youth League.

Career

After university, he was assigned to Qingdao Printing and Dyeing Plant (). During his work, he taught himself the professional knowledge of chemical fibers. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1954. That same year, he was sent abroad to study at the expense of the government. After returning to China he became director of the Technical Room of Baoding Chemical Fiber Factory (). In the autumn of 1958, he followed chemist

Hou Debang Hou Debang (; 9 August 1890 – 26 August 1974), also known as Hou Qirong () and Hou Te-Pang, was a Chinese chemist and chemical engineer. He was born in Taijiang District of Fuzhou (then known as Houguan County). Graduating from Tsinghua Prepa ...

to Japan to study fertilizer and fibre production technology. In 1963, he was transferred to Nanjing Chemical Fiber Plant () as deputy chief engineer. In 1965, he helped found the Lanzhou Chemical Fiber Plant (). He was appointed deputy chief engineer after studying synthetic fiber production technology in the United Kingdom. During the Cultural Revolution, he was denounced as a "reactionary" and was brought to be persecuted. He entered politics in 1973, when he was transferred to the . In 1978, he helped found

Yizheng Chemical Fiber Yizheng Chemical Fiber (), full name "Sinopec Yizheng Chemical Fiber Company Limited", abbreviated as "Yizheng", is a subsidiary company of Sinopec, which is engaged in sales and production of fibers and fiber materials on Mainland China. The he ...

, serving as its deputy commander and chief engineer. In 1980 he was appointed director of the Department of Chemical Fiber of the Ministry of Textile Industry. He was promoted to vice-minister in 1984. In 1994 he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). In December 2003, Donghua University established the Institute of Modern Textiles, Ji became its first dean.

Death

He died of

laryngeal cancer Laryngeal cancers are mostly squamous-cell carcinomas, reflecting their origin from the epithelium of the larynx. Cancer can develop in any part of the larynx. The prognosis is affected by the location of the tumour. For the purposes of staging, ...

in Beijing, on 5 September 2019.

Selected papers

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Awards

* 2004 5th Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award.

References

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