Shi Jiaonai (; 29 November 1920 – 24 November 2018) was a Chinese plant physiologist. He was a member of the China Democratic League (''Minmeng'').

Biography

Shi was born in Jinjiang,

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its c ...

, on November 29, 1920 and moved to the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

when he was ten. He returned to China in 1940. In 1944 he graduated from

Zhejiang University Zhejiang University, abbreviated as ZJU or Zheda and formerly romanized as Chekiang University, is a national public research university based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is a member of the prestigious C9 League and is selected into the ...

, where he majored in botany. In 1991 he was elected a member of the

Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); ), known by Academia Sinica in English until the 1980s, is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for natural sciences. It has historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Repub ...

. He was a researcher at the

Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences The Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences are a research institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People ...

before his death in November 2018.

Awards

* 1987 Second Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress, Chinese Academy of Sciences * 2000

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 ...

* 1989 Excellent Returned Overseas Chinese Intellectuals in China

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shi, Jiaonai 1920 births 2018 deaths Biologists from Fujian 20th-century Chinese botanists Chinese physiologists Hokkien scientists Chinese expatriates in the Philippines Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences People from Jinjiang, Fujian Physicians from Fujian Plant physiologists Zhejiang University alumni Scientists from Fujian