Wang Fosong | |
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王佛松 | |
Born | |
Died | 31 December 2022
Beijing, China | (aged 89)
Alma mater |
Wuhan University Soviet Academy of Sciences |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Polymer chemistry |
Institutions | Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Wang Fosong ( Chinese: 王佛松; pinyin: Wáng Fósōng; 23 May 1933 – 31 December 2022) was a Chinese polymer chemist, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. [1]
Wang was a member of the 7th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. [1] He was a member of the Standing Committees of the 8th and 9th National People's Congress. [1]
Wang was born into a family of farming background in Xingning County (now Xingning), Guangdong, on 23 May 1933. [1] In 1951, he was admitted to Wuhan University, where he majored in the Department of Chemistry. [1] After graduating in 1955, he was sent to study at the Soviet Academy of Sciences on government scholarships, obtaining a vice-doctorate degree in 1960. [1]
Wang returned to China in 1960 and that same year became a member of the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. [1] He moved up the ranks to become assistant director in 1984 and director in 1985. [1] He rose to become vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1988, a post he kept until 1994. [1]
On 31 December 2022, Wang died in Beijing, at the age of 89. [1] [2]