Chen Junwu (; March 17, 1927 – May 1, 2024) was a Chinese engineer and an academician of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
Biography
Chen was born in
Beijing, on March 17, 1927, while his
ancestral home in
Changle,
Fujian.
His father , a graduate from
Waseda University, was a politician in late
Qing dynasty and early
Republic of China
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.
He is the younger brother of
Chen Shunyao
Chen Shunyao (; September 1917 – 31 July 2019) was a Chinese politician and academic administrator. She served as deputy party secretary of Tsinghua University, and was a delegate to the First and Third National People's Congresses. She was th ...
( the wife of Song Ping ) and brother in law of
Song Ping.
He attended Chongde Middle School (now Beijing No.31 High School). In 1944 he was accepted to
Peking University
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Peking University was established as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 when it received its royal charter ...
, majoring in the Department of Applied Chemistry, where he graduated in 1948.
In December 1949 he became a technician at the Artificial Oil Factory of
Fushun Mining Bureau (later renamed as the 3rd Petroleum Factory).
He joined the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1956.
That same year he was transferred to the Fushun Design Institute of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry. Three years later, he was appointed an architect at Datong Coal Refinery Plant. In 1969, he moved with Fushun Design Institute to Zhangwu Township of
Yiyang County in
central China's
Henan province.
In 1982 he joined
Sinopec. In 1985, Luoyang Refinery Design and Research Institute was renamed Luoyang Petrochemical Engineering Company, and he transitioned from being the institute's dean to serving as its manager.
In 1992, he was selected as a representative of the
14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
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.
On 7 October 2019, he was granted the title "Role Model of the Times" by the
Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party
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.
In 2018, Chen Junwu's biography was published, written by Zhang Wenxin (), a well known Luoyang-based author. While he's absent to attend the funeral of his elder sister Chen Shunyao on August 3. 2019.
Chen died in
Luoyang,
Henan, on 1 May 2024, at the age of 97.
Family
Chen married Wu Ningfang () and the couple had two daughters, Chen Ling () and Chen Xin ().
Honours and awards
* 1985 National Labor Medal
* 1985 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class) for the 500000 tons/year coaxial catalytic cracking unit at Lanzhou Refinery.
* 1987 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class) for catalytic cracking engineering technology.
* 1991 Member of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
* 2014 State Technological Invention Award (First Class) for methanol to low carbon olefins (DMTO) technology.
* 2019 "Role Model of the Times" ()
References
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1927 births
2024 deaths
Chemists from Beijing
Engineers from Beijing
National University of Peking alumni
Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
Delegates to the 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party