Fang Zhiyuan ( Chinese: 方智远; 3 September 1939 – 20 January 2023) was a Chinese engineer in the field of genetic breeding, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. ^[1]

Fang was a member of the 9th and 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. ^[1]

Biography

Fang was born in Hengyang, Hunan, on 3 September 1939. ^[1] He attended Hengyang No. 1 High School [ zh]. ^[1] In 1960, he was admitted to Wuhan University, where he graduated in 1964. ^[1]

After university, Fang was despatched to the Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, where he moved up the ranks to become director in 1995. ^[1] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1980. ^[1]

On 20 January 2023, he died in Beijing, at the age of 83. ^[2]

Honours and awards

• 1991 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for breeding of new cabbage varieties "Zhonggan 8" and "Zhonggan 11"
• 1995 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) ^[3]
• 1996 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation ^[1]
• 1998 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for breeding of a new early-maturing spring cabbage variety "8398"
• 2014 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for establishment of breeding technology system and breeding of new varieties of male sterile line in cabbage

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