Zhao Yijun (; 26 November 1930 – 21 December 2022) was a Chinese engineer, and an academician of the

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Biography

Zhao was born in

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(now Beijing), on 26 November 1930, to , a physicist. He had a younger brother named Zhao Yisun () who died from an illness at an early age. During the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...

, in order to escape the war, his family relocated to

Chongqing Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...

, where he attended the School Affiliated to Central University in 1944. In 1950, he was admitted to

Peking University Peking University (PKU; ) is a public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. Peking University was established as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 when it received its royal charter ...

, where he majored in

physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

. After graduating in 1953, Zhao was dispatched to Harbin Institute of Military Engineering, where he worked at the Department of Naval Engineering from 1953 to 1962 and the Department of Atomic Engineering from 1962 to 1970. In January 1970, he moved to

National University of Defense Technology The National University of Defense Technology (NUDT; ) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Changsha, Hunan, China. Founded in 1953 as the People's Liberation Army Military Academy of Engineering, ...

, and taught at the Department of Physics. He joined the

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(CCP) in December 1984. On 21 December 2022, Zhao died in

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, at the age of 92.

Honours and awards

* 1997 Member of the

(CAE) * 1997 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) * 2008 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhao, Yijun 1930 births 2022 deaths Engineers from Beijing Peking University alumni Academic staff of the National University of Defense Technology Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering