Notable Alumni of Tsinghua University [Sorted List]

1. Li Ji

1896-1979 (aged 83)

anthropologist archaeologist art historian university teacher

Li Ji, also commonly romanized as Li Chi, was an influential Chinese archaeologist. He is considered to be one of the foremost figures in modern Chinese archaeology and his work was instrumental in proving the historical authenticity of the Shang dynasty.

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2. Wang Xiqin

1968-. (aged 58)

scientist professor

Wang Xiqin is a Chinese electronic engineer and academic administrator who served as the president of Tsinghua University from February 2022 to December 2023. He was replaced by Li Luming with the approval of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

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3. Tang Yongtong

1893-1964 (aged 71)

historian philosopher

Tang Yongtong was a Chinese educator, philosopher and scholar best known for studying Chinese Buddhism. Tang was proficient in Sanskrit, Pali, English and Japanese.

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4. Eric P. Xing

1988-1993 (aged 5)

computer scientist artificial intelligence researcher university teacher

Eric Poe Xing is an American computer scientist who has been serving as president of Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) since January 2021. He is also a professor in the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science.

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5. Qiu Yong

1964-. (aged 62)

educator professor

Qiu Yong is a Chinese chemist. He is the current party secretary of Tsinghua University. Qiu is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

6. Xie Zhenhua

1949-. (aged 77)

politician minister

Xie Zhenhua is a Chinese politician who served as vice-chairman of China's top economic development body, the National Development and Reform Commission as well as serving as China's special climate envoy.

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7. Hua Jianmin

1940-. (aged 86)

politician

Hua Jianmin is a Chinese politician. He served as state councillor and secretary general of the State Council, president of the China National School of Administration, and vice chairman of the standing committee of the 11th National People's Congress.

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8. Wang Xing

1979-. (aged 47)

chief executive officer

Wang Xing is a Chinese businessman, who co-founded Meituan and has been serving as chief executive officer of Meituan since January 2010. He previously served as chief executive officer of Fanfou from 2007 to 2010.

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9. Mao Yisheng

1896-1989 (aged 93)

engineer politician

Dr. Mao Yisheng a.k.a. Thomson Eason Mao was a Chinese structural engineer and social activist. He was one of the most famous Chinese structural engineers, a pioneer in bridge construction, and a social activist.

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10. Ni Yuefeng

1964-. (aged 62)

politician

Ni Yuefeng is a Chinese politician who is the current party secretary of Hebei, in office since April 2022. Previously he served as head and party branch secretary of the General Administration of Customs and before that, party secretary of Fuzhou and deputy party secretary of Fujian.

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11. Wang Ganchang

1907-1998 (aged 91)

nuclear physicist politician physicist

Wang Ganchang was a Chinese nuclear physicist. He was one of the founding fathers of Chinese nuclear physics, cosmic rays and particle physics. Wang was also a leader in the fields of detonation physics experiments, anti-electromagnetic pulse technology, nuclear explosion detection, anti-nuclear radiation technology, and laser stimulated nuclear explosion technologies.

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12. Zhou Peiyuan

1902-1993 (aged 91)

theoretical physicist

Zhou Peiyuan was a Chinese theoretical physicist and politician. He served as president of Peking University, and was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

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13. Zeng Peiyan

1938-. (aged 88)

politician

Zeng Peiyan is a Chinese politician. He was a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2007 and was a vice premier from 2003 to 2008.

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14. Wang Li

1900-1986 (aged 86)

translator lexicographer linguist university teacher

Wang Li, courtesy name Wang Liaoyi (王了一) and birth name Wang Xiangying (王祥瑛), was a Chinese linguist, educator, translator and poet, described as the founder of Chinese linguistics. His work expands a wide range in Chinese linguistics, including phonology, grammar and lexicography, historical linguistics and dialectal studies. He was also the founder of the first Chinese Linguistics Department at Tsinghua...

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15. Tsiang Tingfu

1895-1965 (aged 70)

diplomat historian journalist

Tsiang Tingfu, was a historian and diplomat of the Republic of China who published in English under the name T.F. Tsiang.

16. Huang Tzu

1904-1938 (aged 34)

composer

Huang Tzu, courtesy name Jinwu (Chinese: 今吾; pinyin: Jīnwú; Wade–Giles: Chin-wu), was a Chinese composer of the early 20th century.

17. Hafsat Abiola

1974-. (aged 52)

human rights defender

Hafsat Olaronke Abiola-Costello, Listen in Lagos, is a Nigerian human rights, civil rights and democracy activist, founder of the Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND), which seeks to strengthen civil society and promote democracy in Nigeria. She is President of Women in Africa Initiative (WIA), an international platform for the economic development and support of African women entrepreneurs. She is also...

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18. Yang Qian

2000-. (aged 26)

sport shooter

Yang Qian is a Chinese sport shooter. She represented China at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in summer of 2021, where she won two gold medals.

19. Lao An

1929-. (aged 97)

politician

Lao An is a retired Chinese business executive who once served as vice chairwoman of the China International Engineering Consulting Corporation. She is the wife of former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji.

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20. Qian Sanqiang

1913-1992 (aged 79)

nuclear physicist physicist

Qian Sanqiang, also known as Tsien San-Tsiang, was a Chinese nuclear physicist and among the leading scientists of the Two Bombs, One Satellite program. Due to his central role in the development of China's nuclear industry and nuclear weapons program, he is referred to as the "father of China's atomic bomb". Coincidentally, China's first atomic bomb test was conducted on...

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21. Jin Yuelin

1895-1984 (aged 89)

university teacher logician philosopher

Jin Yuelin or Chin Yueh-Lin was a Chinese philosopher best known for three works, one each on logic, metaphysics, and epistemology. He was also a commentator on Bertrand Russell.

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22. Lou Jiwei

1950-. (aged 76)

politician

Lou Jiwei, is a Chinese politician, and current director of the 13th CPPCC Foreign Affairs Committee. Lou was Chairman of China's National Council for Social Security Fund, Minister for Finance, Chairman of China Investment Corporation and Central Huijin Investment, Vice Minister of Finance of China and Vice-Governor of Guizhou.

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23. Xiong Xianghui

1919-2005 (aged 86)

diplomat spy

Xiong Xianghui was a Chinese Communist Party spy during the Chinese Civil War, and, after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, a high-ranking official in diplomacy and intelligence. He played a role in the victory of the Chinese Communist Party over the Kuomintang in the Chinese Civil War, in his capacity as private secretary and aide-de-camp to Hu...

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24. Jia Chunwang

1938-. (aged 88)

politician

Jia Chunwang is a Chinese politician, intelligence officer, and prosecutor who held top positions in both the security apparatus and judiciary of the People's Republic of China. He served as Minister of State Security for 13 years (1985–1998), as Minister of Public Security (1998–2002) and finally as the procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (2003–2008).

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25. Ye Qisun

1898-1977 (aged 79)

educator physicist

Ye Qisun, also named Ye Hongjuan (叶鸿眷), was a Chinese physicist and one of the founders of modern physics in China.

26. Zhongyun Zi

1930-. (aged 96)

translator political scientist university teacher historian

Zi Zhongyun is a Chinese translator and historian who is an expert on US studies with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. She is proficient in English and French.

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27. K. C. Wu

1903-1984 (aged 81)

historian politician

K. C. Wu was a Chinese political figure and writer. Among other offices, he served as Mayor of Shanghai and as Chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government.

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28. Yin Yong

1969-. (aged 57)

politician

Yin Yong is a Chinese banker and politician who is the mayor of Beijing, in office since 28 October 2022. Previously, he served as deputy party secretary of Beijing, vice mayor of Beijing, and vice governor of People's Bank of China.

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29. Zhu Chen

1976-. (aged 50)

chess player

Zhu Chen is a Chinese and Qatari chess grandmaster. In 1999, she became China's second women's world chess champion after Xie Jun, and China's 13th Grandmaster. In 2006, she obtained Qatari citizenship and since then has played for Qatar.

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30. Hao Jingfang

1984-. (aged 42)

writer science fiction writer novelist essayist

Hao Jingfang is a Chinese science fiction writer. She won the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novelette for Folding Beijing, translated by Ken Liu.

31. Hu Heping

1962-. (aged 64)

politician

Hu Heping is a Chinese politician and the current executive deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Previously, he served as the governor and party secretary of Shaanxi province, party secretary of Tsinghua University and Minister of Culture and Tourism.

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32. Yu Kuo-hwa

1914-2000 (aged 86)

civil servant politician

Yu Kuo-hwa was a Taiwanese economist who served as the Premier of the Republic of China from 1984 to 1989.

33. Chien Wei-zang

1912-2010 (aged 98)

mathematician politician

Qian Weichang or Chien Wei-zang was a Chinese physicist and applied mathematician, as well as academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He served as President of Shanghai University.

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34. Jing Haipeng

1966-. (aged 60)

fighter pilot aircraft pilot astronaut

Jing Haipeng is a major general of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF) in active service as a vice-commander of the 82nd Group Army. A fighter pilot in the PLA Air Force (PLAAF), he was selected to be a PLA Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) astronaut in 1998. He was the first Chinese astronaut to have flown on more than one...

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35. Hu Feng

1902-1986 (aged 84)

literary critic writer translator

Hu Feng was a Chinese Marxist writer, poet and literary theorist. He was a prominent member of the League of Left-Wing Writers. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Hu Feng became a member of the First National People's Congress of China, but was then heavily persecuted as the chief of the Hu Feng Counter-revolutionary Clique (Chinese: 胡风反革命集团)....

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36. Wang Weizhong

1962-. (aged 64)

hydraulic engineer politician

Wang Weizhong is a Chinese politician currently serving as Party Secretary of Inner Mongolia. A graduate of Tsinghua University, Wang rose through the ranks working for the Ministry of Science and Technology. He previously served as the Party Secretary of Taiyuan, Shenzhen and Governor of Guangdong Province.

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37. Andy Tsang

1958-. (aged 68)

police officer

Andy Tsang Wai-hung GBS PDSM PMSM JP is the current Deputy Director of the National Narcotics Control Commission of the Ministry of Public Security of China. He was former Commissioner of the Hong Kong Police Force until 4 May 2015. In November 2019, he missed out a top posting with the United Nations despite the strong support from the People's...

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38. Liu Yang

1978-. (aged 48)

aircraft pilot astronaut politician

Liu Yang is a Chinese military transport pilot and taikonaut. On June 16, 2012, Yang became the first Chinese woman in space, as a crew member of Shenzhou 9.

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39. Yang Jisheng

1940-. (aged 86)

historian journalist opinion journalist writer

Yang Jisheng is a Chinese journalist and author. His work include Tombstone (墓碑), a comprehensive account of the Great Chinese Famine during the Great Leap Forward, and The World Turned Upside Down (天地翻覆), a history of the Cultural Revolution. Yang joined the Communist Party in 1964 and graduated from Tsinghua University in 1966. He promptly joined Xinhua News Agency, where...

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40. Jiang Fangzhou

1989-. (aged 37)

writer

Jiang Fangzhou is a Chinese writer. She began writing at the age of seven and published her first book at nine, rising to prominence as a “child prodigy”. Upon graduating from Tsinghua University, she became deputy editor-in-chief of New Weekly magazine until her resignation in 2019, after which she became an independent writer.

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41. Yin Haiguang

1919-1969 (aged 50)

university teacher political pundit journalist philosopher opinion journalist

Yin Haiguang was a Chinese author, educator and philosopher.

42. Ji Xianlin

1911-2009 (aged 98)

historian linguist university teacher translator

Ji Xianlin was a Chinese Indologist, linguist, paleographer, historian and writer who has been honored by the governments of both India and China. Ji was proficient in many languages including Chinese, Sanskrit, Arabic, English, German, French, Russian, Pali and Tocharian, and translated many works. He published a memoir, The Cowshed: Memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, about his persecution during...

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43. Wen Yiduo

1899-1946 (aged 47)

poet writer

Wen Yiduo was a Chinese poet and scholar known for his nationalistic poetry. Wen was assassinated by the Kuomintang in 1946.

44. Liang Shih-chiu

1903-1987 (aged 84)

writer translator artist

Liang Shih-chiu, also romanized as Liang Shiqiu, and also known as Liang Chih-hwa (梁治華), was a renowned Chinese educator, writer, translator, literary theorist and lexicographer.

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45. Liu Chao-shiuan

1943-. (aged 83)

politician

Liu Chao-shiuan is a Taiwanese chemist and politician. He is a former president of the National Tsing Hua University (1987–1993) and Soochow University (2004–2008) and a former Premier of the Republic of China (2008–2009).

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46. Kristie Lu Stout

1974-. (aged 52)

journalist

Kristie Lu Stout is an American journalist and news anchor for CNN International. She currently hosts the program Marketplace Asia and other feature programs. She previously hosted the daily news show News Stream, which emphasized news connected with technology, and the monthly news discussion programme, On China.

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47. Zhou Fengsuo

1967-. (aged 59)

human rights defender

Zhou Fengsuo is a Chinese human rights activist, investor, and former student leader during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. He was listed number 5 on the government's most wanted and forced into exile in the United States over his role in the student movement. Zhou attained his MBA degree from University of Chicago Booth School of Business and had...

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48. Li Ganjie

1964-. (aged 62)

politician

Li Ganjie is a Chinese politician serving as the head of the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He is a member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and a secretary of the 20th Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party.

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49. Yigong Shi

1967-. (aged 59)

politician university teacher biophysicist biologist biochemist

Shi Yigong is a Chinese biophysicist who serves as founding and the current president of Westlake University since April 2018. He previously served as vice president of Tsinghua University from 2015 to 2018 and dean of Tsinghua University School of Life Sciences from 2009 to 2016.

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50. Hua Luogeng

1910-1985 (aged 75)

mathematician politician

Hua Luogeng or Hua Loo-Keng was a Chinese mathematician and politician famous for his contributions to number theory and for his role as the leader of mathematics research and education in the People's Republic of China. He was largely responsible for identifying and nurturing the mathematician Chen Jingrun, who proved Chen's theorem, the best-known result on the Goldbach conjecture. Hua's...

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51. Ye Shiwen

1996-. (aged 30)

swimmer

Ye Shiwen is a Chinese swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she won gold medals in the 400 metres and 200 metres individual medley, breaking the world record in the 400 m event and the Olympic record in the 200 m event.

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52. Cheng Hong

1957-. (aged 69)

university teacher

Cheng Hong is a Chinese literary scholar and translator. She is a professor at the Capital University of Economics and Business and the widow of the former Chinese premier Li Keqiang.

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53. Chao Yuen Ren

1892-1982 (aged 90)

linguist poet composer translator university teacher

Yuen Ren Chao, also known as Zhao Yuanren, was a Chinese-American linguist, educator, scholar, poet, and composer, who contributed to the modern study of Chinese phonology and grammar. Chao was born and raised in China, then attended university in the United States, where he earned degrees from Cornell University and Harvard University. A naturally gifted polyglot and linguist, his Mandarin...

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54. Huang Ju

1938-2007 (aged 69)

politician

Huang Ju was a Chinese politician and a high-ranking leader in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He was one of the nine members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the CCP, China's top decision making body, between 2002 until his death in 2007, and also served as the first-ranked vice premier of China beginning in 2003. He died in office...

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55. Liang Sicheng

1901-1972 (aged 71)

architect art historian urban planner restorer architectural historian

Liang Sicheng was a Chinese architect and architectural historian, known as the father of modern Chinese architecture. His father, Liang Qichao, was one of the most prominent Chinese scholars of the early 20th century. His wife was the architect and poet Lin Huiyin. His younger brother, Liang Siyong, was one of China's first archaeologists.

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56. Yang Liwei

1965-. (aged 61)

astronaut fighter pilot

Yang Liwei is a Chinese major general, former military pilot, and former taikonaut of the People's Liberation Army.

57. Qian Zhongshu

1910-1998 (aged 88)

man of letters literary scholar writer translator

Qian Zhongshu, also transliterated as Ch'ien Chung-shu or Dzien Tsoong-su, was a Chinese literary scholar and writer. He was known for his satirical novel Fortress Besieged; his erudite, rarefied nonfiction, distinguished by extensive, polyglot references to Chinese and Western history and literature; and his role in translating Mao Zedong’s writings into English.

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58. Ken Xie

1963-. (aged 63)

businessperson

Ken Xie is a Chinese billionaire businessman who founded Systems Integration Solutions (SIS), NetScreen, and Fortinet.

59. Li Jian

1974-. (aged 52)

singer

Li Jian is a Chinese singer best known for his poetic musical style. His career began as one of the two founding members of the band "Shui Mu Nian Hua." After his departure from the band in 2002, he began his solo career. To date, he has produced nine albums. He is well known for his song "Chuan Qi" (Legend),...

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60. Song Ping

1917-. (aged 109)

politician

Song Ping is a Chinese Communist revolutionary and a retired high-ranking politician. He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Song is considered the only living member of the Second Generation of Chinese Leadership.

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61. Wu Bangguo

1941-2024 (aged 83)

politician

Wu Bangguo was a Chinese politician who served as the second-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012, and as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 2003 to 2013.

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62. Chen Xi

1953-. (aged 73)

politician

Chen Xi is a Chinese politician and the president of the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

63. Liu Yongqing

1940-. (aged 86)

politician

Liu Yongqing is the wife of Hu Jintao, the former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of the People's Republic of China. Traditionally, Liu Yongqing's role would be primarily domestic, but Liu often accompanied her husband on his official trips to foreign countries and made personal appearances at charities and cultural institutions all over the world.

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64. Yao Yilin

1917-1994 (aged 77)

politician

Yao Yilin was a Chinese politician and soldier who was Vice Premier of China from 1979 to 1988 and First Vice Premier from 1988 to 1993.

65. Yang Jiang

1911-2016 (aged 105)

translator playwright film screenwriter writer

Yang Jiang was a Chinese playwright, author, and translator. She wrote several successful comedies, and was the first Chinese person to produce a complete Chinese version of Miguel de Cervantes' novel Don Quixote.

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66. Mao Yuanxin

1941-. (aged 85)

politician

Mao Yuanxin, also known as Li Shi (Chinese: 李实), is a former Chinese politician, military officer and engineer. As the nephew of Chairman Mao Zedong, he acted as the liaison between Mao and the Communist Party's Central Committee in Mao's ailing years, when he was no longer able to regularly attend political functions. He was considered an ally to the...

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67. Alex Tsai

1953-. (aged 73)

politician

Tsai Cheng-yuan, also known by his English name Alex Tsai, is a Taiwanese politician and legal scholar. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT), he served as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2008 to 2016. He was one of the 3rd members of the National Assembly.

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68. Zhu Rongji

1928-. (aged 98)

engineer businessperson politician

Zhu Rongji is a retired Chinese electrical engineer and politician who served as the 5th premier of China from 1998 to 2003. He also served as member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1992 to 2002, along with CCP general secretary Jiang Zemin.

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69. Hu Haifeng

1971-. (aged 55)

entrepreneur politician

Hu Haifeng is a Chinese politician and the son of Hu Jintao, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Paramount leader of China. He is currently the Deputy Minister of Civil Affairs, and previously CCP Committee Secretary of Lishui and the deputy CCP Committee Secretary and mayor of Jiaxing.

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70. Sun Li-jen

1900-1990 (aged 90)

basketball player military personnel

Sun Li-jen was a Chinese National Revolutionary Army general best known for his leadership in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. His military achievements earned him the laudatory nickname "Rommel of the East". Sun's commands were credited with effectively confronting Japanese troops in the 1937 Battle of Shanghai and in 1943–1944 during the Burma campaign; his New...

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71. Xi Jinping

1953-. (aged 73)

statesperson politician

Xi Jinping is a Chinese statesman and politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) since 2012, and the president of China since 2013. Xi has been the leader of the fifth generation of Chinese leadership since 2012.

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72. Hu Jintao

1942-. (aged 84)

engineer politician

Hu Jintao is a Chinese politician who served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, president of China from 2003 to 2013, and chairman of the Central Military Commission from 2004 to 2012. He was a member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee, China's top decision-making body, from 1992 to 2012, and served...

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73. Zhu Ziqing

1898-1948 (aged 50)

scholar essayist prose writer writer poet

Zhu Ziqing, born Zhu Zihua, was a renowned Chinese poet and essayist. Zhu studied at Peking University, and during the May Fourth Movement became one of several pioneers of modernism in China during the 1920s. Zhu was a prolific writer of both prose and poetry, but is best known for essays like "Retreating Figure" (Chinese: 背影; pinyin: Bèiyǐng), and "You....

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74. Zhu Fenglian

1977-. (aged 49)

diplomat politician

Zhu Fenglian is a Chinese diplomat who is currently serving as deputy director and spokesperson of the information bureau at the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.

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75. Zhou Xiaochuan

1948-. (aged 78)

economist banker businessperson politician

Zhou Xiaochuan is a Chinese economist. Zhou served as the governor of the People's Bank of China from 2002 to 2018.

76. Kang Hui

1972-. (aged 54)

journalist television presenter

Kang Hui is a Chinese news anchor for China Central Television, the main state announcer of China. He is now the President of the Broadcast, China Central Television.

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77. Fei Xiaotong

1910-2005 (aged 95)

university teacher politician writer anthropologist sociologist

Fei Xiaotong or Fei Hsiao-tung was a Chinese anthropologist and sociologist. He was a pioneering researcher and professor of sociology and anthropology; he was also noted for his studies of China's ethnic groups as well as a social activist. Starting in the late 1930s, he and his colleagues established Chinese sociology and his works were instrumental in laying a foundation...

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78. Yang Yang

1976-. (aged 50)

short-track speed skater politician

Yang Yang is a Chinese actor. He is known as one of the "Big Four" or "Four Major Traffic Stars" alongside Li Yifeng, Lu Han and Kris Wu, due to their immense popularity and influence in mainland China. He made his acting debut in the Chinese television drama The Dream of Red Mansions (2010). Since then, he has received recognition...

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79. Liu Yandong

1945-. (aged 81)

politician chemist

Liu Yandong is a retired Chinese politician. She recently served as the Vice Premier of China, and was a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party from 2007 to 2017, a State Councilor between 2007 and 2012, and was head of the United Front Work Department of the Communist Party between 2002 and 2007.

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80. Xuedong D. Huang

1962-. (aged 64)

computer scientist engineer

Xuedong David Huang is a Chinese-American computer scientist and technology executive who has made contributions to spoken language processing and artificial intelligence, including Azure AI Services. He is Zoom's chief technology officer after serving as Microsoft's Technical Fellow and Azure AI Chief Technology Officer for 30 years. Huang is a strong advocate of AI for Accessibility, and AI for Cultural...

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81. Huang Kunming

1956-. (aged 70)

politician

Huang Kunming is a Chinese politician, currently serving as the Party secretary of Guangdong and a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party.

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82. Chen Wei

1966-. (aged 60)

military personnel epidemiologist

Chen Wei is a Chinese epidemiologist and virologist specializing in biodefense, and is currently working as a researcher and doctoral advisor at the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, and is an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). In September 2021, The Globe and Mail reported that Chen is also a major general in China's People's Liberation Army.

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83. Zhao Jiuzhang

1907-1968 (aged 61)

physicist meteorologist

Zhao Jiuzhang, also known as Jeou Jang Jaw, was a Chinese meteorologist and physicist. He was a pioneer of Chinese space technology and is considered as a founding father of China's satellite program.

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84. Hu Qiaomu

1912-1992 (aged 80)

journalist sociologist philosopher politician

Hu Qiaomu was a Chinese sociologist, Marxist philosopher and politician.

85. Wu Han

1909-1969 (aged 60)

historian writer politician

Wu Han was a Chinese historian and politician. Wu was one of the most important historians in the development of modern historical scholarship in China during the 1930s and 1940s.

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86. Wu Guanzhong

1919-2010 (aged 91)

painter

Wu Guanzhong was a contemporary Chinese painter widely recognized as a founder of modern Chinese painting. He is considered to be one of the greatest contemporary Chinese painters. Wu's artworks display both Western and Eastern influences, such as the Western style of Fauvism and the Eastern style of Chinese calligraphy. Wu painted various aspects of China, including its architecture, plants,...

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87. Richard Tsoi

1967-. (aged 59)

journalist politician

Richard Tsoi Yiu-cheong is a Hong Kong politician and the former vice-chairman of the Democratic Party. He ran for many Legislative Council and District Council elections and was elected as Sha Tin District Councillor in 2003. On March 5, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Tsoi resigned from duties after joint petition from colleagues against his criticism of local restaurants being...

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88. Wang Junzheng

1963-. (aged 63)

politician official

Wang Junzheng is a Chinese politician, serving Party Secretary of Tibet since 18 October 2021. He was head of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of Xinjiang. Between 2016 and 2019, he was the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Changchun. Prior to his position in Changchun, he served in a variety of posts, as vice-governor of Hubei, the Party...

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89. Chung-Yao Chao

1902-1998 (aged 96)

nuclear physicist physicist

Chung-Yao Chao was a Chinese theoretical physicist. He studied the scattering of gamma rays in lead by pair production in 1930, without knowing that positrons were involved in the anomalously high scattering cross-section. When the positron was discovered by Carl David Anderson in 1932, confirming the existence of Paul Dirac's "antimatter", it became clear that positrons could explain Chung-Yao Chao's...

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90. Yang Weize

1962-. (aged 64)

politician

Yang Weize is a former Chinese politician. He was the Party Secretary of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, from 2011 to 2015. Prior to that, he served as the party secretary in the neighbouring city of Wuxi for seven years, and before that the Mayor of Suzhou. In 2015, Yang was put under investigation for corruption by the Central Commission...

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91. Zhang Guoqing

1964-. (aged 62)

politician

Zhang Guoqing is a Chinese politician and former corporate executive who has served as vice premier of China since March 2023 and a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party since October 2022.

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92. Chen-ning Yang

1922-2025 (aged 103)

university teacher theoretical physicist physicist

Yang Chen-Ning also known as C.N. Yang and Franklin Yang, was a Chinese-American theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to statistical mechanics, integrable systems, gauge theory, particle physics and condensed matter physics.

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93. Tsung-Dao Lee

1926-2024 (aged 98)

university teacher theoretical physicist physicist

Tsung-Dao Lee was a Chinese-American physicist known for his work on parity violation, the Lee–Yang theorem, particle physics, relativistic heavy ion (RHIC) physics, nontopological solitons, and soliton stars. He was a university professor emeritus at Columbia University in New York City, where he taught from 1953 until his retirement in 2012.

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94. Cao Yu

1910-1996 (aged 86)

screenwriter stage actor politician writer playwright

Cao Yu was a Chinese playwright, often regarded as one of China's most important playwrights of the 20th century. His best-known works are Thunderstorm (1933), Sunrise (1936) and Peking Man (1940). It is largely through the efforts of Cao Yu that the modern Chinese "spoken theatre" took root in 20th century Chinese literature.

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95. Feng Youlan

1895-1990 (aged 95)

historian philosopher philosophy historian university teacher

Feng Youlan was a Chinese philosopher, historian, and writer who was instrumental for reintroducing the study of Chinese philosophy in the modern era. The name he published under in English was 'Fung Yu-lan,' as used in the Bodde translation of A History of Chinese Philosophy. This earlier spelling also occurs in philosophical discussions, see for example the work of Wing-tsit...

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96. Chen Jining

1964-. (aged 62)

professor civil engineer politician

Chen Jining is a Chinese environmental scientist, academic administrator and politician who has been serving as Party Secretary of Shanghai and member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party since October 2022.

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97. Deng Yaping

1973-. (aged 53)

table tennis player

Deng Yaping is a Chinese table tennis player, who won eighteen world championships including four Olympic championships between 1989 and 1997. She is regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport.

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98. Shiing-Shen Chern

1911-2004 (aged 93)

mathematician university teacher

Shiing-Shen Chern was a Chinese American mathematician and poet. He made fundamental contributions to differential geometry and topology. He has been called the "father of modern differential geometry" and is widely regarded as a leader in geometry and one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century, winning numerous awards and recognition including the Wolf Prize and the inaugural Shaw...

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99. He Zehui

1914-2011 (aged 97)

nuclear physicist physicist

Professor He Zehui or Ho Zah-wei was a Chinese nuclear physicist who worked with Walther Bothe in Nazi Germany during World War II and with Irène Joliot-Curie in Paris, and later helped develop the Chinese nuclear programme. She is credited with discovering the phenomenon of elastic collision between positrons and electrons by 1945, and – jointly with her husband Qian...

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100. Qiao Guanhua

1913-1983 (aged 70)

diplomat politician

Qiao Guanhua was a politician and diplomat in the People's Republic of China and played an important role in the talks with United States on the opening of China and the drafting of the Shanghai Communiqué.

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