Jiang Hualiang (; 10 January 1965 – 23 December 2022) was a Chinese pharmacist who served as director of the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Jiang was a member of the

China Democratic League The China Democratic League (CDL) is one of the eight legally recognized minor political parties in the People's Republic of China under the Chinese Communist Party's United Front. The CDL was originally founded in 1941 as an umbrella coalition ...

. He was a member of the 10th and 12th National Committee of the

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Biography

Jiang was born in Wujin County (now Wujin District of Changzhou),

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...

, in January 1956, but was raised in Yixing. In 1983, he entered

Nanjing University Nanjing University (NJU; ) is a national public research university in Nanjing, Jiangsu. It is a member of C9 League and a Class A Double First Class University designated by the Chinese central government. NJU has two main campuses: the Xianl ...

where he received his bachelor's degree in organic chemistry in 1987. After completing his master's degree from East China Normal University in 1992, he attended the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica where he obtained his doctor's degree under the supervision of and in 1995. In 1995, Jiang began his academic career at the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica. He moved up the ranks to become executive vice director in December 2004 and director in December 2013. On 23 December 2022, Jiang died in

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, at the age of 57.

Honours and awards

* 2007 State Natural Science Award (Second Class) * 2007 Science and Technology Progress Award of the

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* 2017 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) * 2017 State Technological Invention Award (Second Class)

References

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