Friday, October 17, 2008

Gu Chaohao

Gu Chaohao is a mathematician. He graduated from in 1948, and received a doctorate degree in physics and mathematical science from Moscow University in 1959. He is primarily engaged in the research on partial differential equation, differential geometry, and mathematical physics. He served as vice president of Fudan University and from 1988 to 1993 president of the University of Science and Technology of China. In 1980, he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Duan Yongping

Duan Yongping , 1961-, is an outstanding electrical engineer, inventor, entrepreneur ,and philanthropist . He is regarded as a heroic business figure in mainland China . He is the founder of both the Subor Electronics Industry Corporation and BBK Electronics Group .

Biography


Born on 10 March 1961 in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, Duan entered Zhejiang University in 1978, majored in wireless electronics engineering. After graduation, he became an engineer in Beijing Radio Tube Factory and also studied in Renmin University, where he obtained a master's degree in econometrics. He also holds a doctorate in economics and as well as a MBA.

In 1989, he started his own business and created his own electronic company. Within less than 10 years, he set his business empire and created two very famous brands in Chinese community: Subor and BBK and became a young hero of business in China .

Duan was one of the founders and former CEO of Subor Electronics Industry Corporation. At beginning, the company only had 20 workers including himself. They only had 3000 RMB cash but owed 2 million RMB debts. But after Duan's struggle, it quickly occupied the market and jumped to the top producer of the "learning computer" . It also produced video-game facilities, which made a profit of 100 million RMB per month during 1994-1995 .

28th, Aug. 1995, Duan resigned from Subor, and founded BBK Electronics Industrial Group in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, whose main product was DVD player. It's also achieved very high business success by having more than 1/5 of the market share. At present, its also a famous brand in cell phone, telephone and stereo devices .

During 2002-2004, he was the second largest individual shareholder of NetEase.com after William Ding Lei. Now he pays more attention on the stock market in USA.

Ranks


No.8, Hurun Report 2007 China Philanthropy List
No.328, Hunrun Report 2007 China Rich List
No.152, Hunrun Report 2006 China Rich List

Trivia


Cooperated with William Ding Lei, they donated US dollar 40 million to Zhejiang University in Sep. 2006. It's the biggest endowment in recent years for higher education in mainland China .
Duan spent US$ 620,100 to have lunch with Warren Buffett .
Due to his success in stock market, he has a nickname of "Chinese Buffett" .

Du Qinghua

Du Qinghua , was a notable Chinese educator, physicist. He was a pioneer of aeronautic and astronautic material engineering in China. Du was also a senior member of Chinese Academy of Engineering .

Life



April 14, 1919, Du was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. 1930s, Du studied in Hangzhou Middle School. 1936, He graduated from the famous Hangzhou High School . 1937, Du studied at Zhejiang University. 1940, He graduated from the Department of Mechnics, Jiao Tong University .

1947, Du went to study in United States. He entered Stanford University, and majored in solid state physics. June 1948, Du obtained a master degree of aeronautic engineering from Stanford. September 1948, Du turned to Harvard University, studied hydrodynamics there, under the academic advice of . June, 1949, Du earned another master of aeronautics from Harvard. September 1949, Du went back to Stanford, and did research on aeronautic light structure . He received his doctorate in April, 1951.

June 1951, Du went back to China and taught in Peking University in Beijing. 1952, Du was transferred to Tsinghua University, and became a teaching and research leader of mechanics there. 1958, Du was one of the main founders of the Department of Engineering Mechanics of Tsinghua University. 1983-1987, Du was also a part-time professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Xi'an Jiao Tong University and Zhejiang University, and he was a honorary professor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics .

Du was a main founder for Chinese modern aeronautic and astronautic material engineering. He was also a main founder for the teaching and research of machanics and material engineering at Tsinghua University. 1997, Du was elected to academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering .

Works


Du wrote more than 130 papers and also several popular textbooks and handbooks, e.g. :
''Material Mechanics''
''Theory for Elasticity''
''Handbook for Engineering Mechanics''

Family


Du's daughter Du Xian is the wife of famous actor Chen Daoming

Dong Junshu

DONG Junshu , 1949-, is the current of the Discipline Inspection Commission for . He is also a member of newly elected Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China , and a Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee.

Biography



Born in , Ningbo, Zhejiang Province in Jan 1949, Dong graduated from Hangzhou University , obtained a bachelor's degree on economic science. He joined the Communist Party of China in Jan 1981.

Mar. 1997, Dong became the vice mayor of , Zhejiang Province. Nov. 1997, he was promoted to be the acting mayor of Shaoxing. Dec. 1998, he became the Secretary-in-General of Shaoxing.

Oct. 2001, Dong was transferred to the neighbouring Jiangxi Province, and became one of the party chiefs there. Dec. 2006, he became the Secretary-in-General of the Jiangxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.

According to the latest news , Dong was transferred to Shanghai Municipality, and now is in charge of the Shanghai's discipline inspection. After landing on Shanghai, he first appeared at the for inspection.

Ding Zhongli

Professor Ding Zhongli , is a renowned geologist in China and current vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Science.

Introduction



Ding was born in Shengzhou, Zhejiang Province on Jan 14th 1957. 1982, he received his B.Sc of geochemistry from Zhejiang University. 1988, obtained PhD from the ''Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science''.

Ding's research mainly focuses on the Fourth Glacier and ancient climate. He is the current chief director of the ''Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science'' . He's also the vice-president of the ''Chinese Society for Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry'' .

Dec 2005, Ding was elected to be an academician of the Chinese Academy of Science. Jan 2007, he was pointed to be the vice-president of the the Chinese Academy of Science .

Daoxing Xia

Daoxing Xia , a renowned Chinese American mathematician. He's now a professor at the Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, USA . He became the academician of Chinese Academy of Science in 1980.

Career



Born in Oct 20, 1930 in , he did his undergraduate study at the department of Mathematics, Shandong University and obtained his postgraduate degree from the Department of Mathmetics of Zhejiang University in 1952 . His advisor was Chen Jiangong who was the dean of Zhejiang University's math department.

1952, he went to Fudan University in Shanghai, became an assistant. 1954, he became a lecturer, and 1956, gained an associate professor position. Sep 1957, he was sent to the Moscow State University in USSR, did one-year research there. 1978, he obtained his professorship in Fudan and rose to the vice director of the Fudan University Mathematics Research Institute. 1980, he was elected to the member of Chinese Academy of Science, and also became a shared-professor for Chinese Academy of Science Mathematical Physics Research Institute and Shandong University Deoartment of Mathematics. He was a visiting professor of many universities and gave lectures.

In early 1980s, he went to USA, 1984, became a professor in the Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University.

Books by him


''Spectral Theory of Hyponormal Operators'', by Daoxing Xia, Springer Verlag
''Spectral Theory of Linear Operators'', , Press Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing .
''The Second of Functional Analysis'', , Press Higher Education, Beijing .
''An Invitation to the Theory of Linear Topological Spaces'', , Science & Technology Press Shanghai .
''Theory of a Real Variable and Functional Analysis'', , Press Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, .
''Measures and Integration on Infinite-dimensional spaces'', Science & Technology Press Shanghai , Acad. Press, New York, London .
''Theory of Functions of a Real Variable and Essentials of Functional Analysis'', , Science & Technology Press Shanghai .

Chung Tao Yang

Chung Tao YANG, or Chung-Tao Yang, YANG Zhongdao , was a notable Chinese American topologist . He was a member of the Academia Sinica and served as the chair of the Department of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania .

Life



He was born in Pingyang County, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province in May 4, 1923. 1942, Yang graduated from Wenzhou Middle School. Yang graduated from Zhejiang University in 1946 and his main academic advisor was Su Buqing. 1946-1948, he was an assistant in the Department of Mathematics, Zhejiang University .1949-1950, he was a lecturer at National Taiwan University. He was an assistant and later a researcher in the Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica.

He went to USA, obtained PhD from Tulane University in 1952. 1952-1954, Yang was an assistant at the University of Illinois. 1954-1956, Yang was a visiting researcher in Princeton. He became an associate professor and then professor in the Department of Mathematics at University of Pennsylvania and served as a chair of the department for many years.

Yang was elected in 1968 to the Academia Sinica. 1992-2004 He was an advisor for the Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica .

Research



Yang worked in differential topology and published numerous papers in this field . His best known work was on the Blaschke conjecture. His theorem, combined with the results of others, established the conjecture for spheres.

Yang's earliest research focused on the finite projective geometry. In 1950s, Yang and Deane Montgomery got some ground-breaking results in symmetry group. In the 1980s, he worked mainly on the Blaschke conjecture .