Zhang Guocheng (; 12 October 1931 – 21 December 2022) was a Chinese engineer, and an academician of the

Chinese Academy of Engineering The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE, ) is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for engineering. It was established in 1994 and is an institution of the State Council of China. The CAE and the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

Biography

Zhang was born in

Kunming Kunming (; ), also known as Yunnan-Fu, is the capital and largest city of Yunnan province, China. It is the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government. The headquar ...

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...

, on 12 October 1931. He entered the Arts and Crafts Corps of the Logistics and Political Department of the Fourth Corps of the PLA Second Field Army in January 1950, and worked for a year. In January 1952, he was accepted to

Yunnan University Yunnan University (, Acronym: YNU) is a national key university in Yunnan Province, China. Its main campuses are located in the provincial capital city of Kunming. Founded in December 1922, Yunnan University started to enroll in April 1923. It b ...

, majoring in the Department of Metallurgy. Two years later, he went on to attend Kunming Institute of Technology (now

Kunming University of Science and Technology Kunming University of Science and Technology (KUST) () is in Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan Province, Southwestern China. As the goal by 2010, KUST was to become a key university with a strong science and engineering background. The universi ...

), where he majored in the Department of Metallurgy. After graduating in January 1956, he was assigned to the General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals, where he worked until retirement. On 21 December 2022, Zhang died in

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

, at the age of 91, from COVID-19.

Honours and awards

* 1987 State Technological Invention Award (Third Class) * 1990 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Third Class) * 1995 Member of the

(CAE) * 1997 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 ...

* 1999 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)

References

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