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An Zhisheng
An Zhisheng ( zh, c=安芷生, p=Ān Zhǐshēng; born 25 February 1941) is a Chinese geographer and politician who specializes in quaternary geology, Environmental Pollution, air particle pollution control, and global change. He is internationally known for his studies on Chinese loess and its implication for paleo-climate and paleo-environment changes. He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), and Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences. He is a researcher and doctoral supervisor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the Chinese Communist Party. He is an editor of ''Quaternary Science Reviews''. He served as the Vice Chairman of International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) from 1999 to 2007, and the Vice Chair of International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) steering committee from 2003 to 2006. Biography An Zhisheng was born o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An (surname)
The surname Ān is a Chinese surname () which literally means "peace" or "tranquility". It also serves as an abbreviation of ''Ānxī'' (安息), meaning "Arsacid Empire, Arsacid" in Chinese and can be romanized as ''On''. Visitors to China who came from Arsacid-held territories often took the name ''An''. In 2008, it was the 110th most common surname in the People's Republic of China, shared by over 1.7 million citizens.中国最新300大姓排名（2008 [Statistics on the number of citizens with each surname in China, based on records of National Identity Cards]." 2009-01-06. Accessed 20 Jun 2015. The surname is most common in Northern China. It is the 79th name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem.K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Lege ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |