Zhu Lilan (; born August 1935) is a Chinese politician who served as
minister of science and technology from 1998 to 2001 and chairperson of the
from 2003 to 2008.
Zhu was an alternate member of the
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and a member of the
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.
She was a member of the Standing Committee of the
9th
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and
10th National People's Congress
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The 1st Session
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.
Biography
Zhu was born in
Shanghai
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in August 1935, while her
ancestral home
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in Wuxing County (now
Huzhou
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),
Zhejiang
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.
After graduating from
McTyeire School
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It was established by Young John Allen and Laura Askew Haygood in 1882. Its namesake was Holland Nimmons McTyeire.
History
The school had seven students in 1855 and more than 100 studen ...
in 1955, she was sent to study at
Odessa University
Odesa I. I. Mechnykov National University ( uk, Одеський національний університет Iмені І. І. Мечникова, translit=Odeskyi natsionalnyi universytet imeni I. I. Mechnykova), located in Odesa, Ukraine, i ...
on government scholarships.
She returned to China in 1961 and successively served as research team leader, deputy director of the office, deputy research director, associate researcher, and director of the Institute of Chemistry,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
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.
She was a visiting scholar at the
University of Freiburg
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from 1979 to 1980.
Zhu joined the
Chinese Communist Party
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(CCP) in July 1956, and got involved in politics in 1986, when she was appointed executive deputy director of the
National Technical Committee.
During his term in office, she headed the
863 Program
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, a program funded and administered by the government of the
People's Republic of China
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intended to stimulate the development of advanced technologies in a wide range of fields for the purpose of rendering China independent of financial obligations for foreign technologies.
In March 1998, she was promoted to become
minister of science and technology, a position she held until February 2001.
In February 2001, she became deputy chairperson of the
, rising to chairperson in March 2008.
Honours and awards
* August 1997 Fellow of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences
References
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1935 births
Living people
Odesa University alumni
Scientists from Shanghai
20th-century Chinese women politicians
21st-century Chinese women politicians
21st-century Chinese politicians
People's Republic of China politicians from Shanghai
Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shanghai
Alternate members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Members of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Members of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress
Members of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress