Zheng Guangmei ( Chinese: 郑光美; 30 November 1932 – 3 October 2023) was a Chinese bird ecologist, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

He was a delegate to the 8th National People's Congress. ^[1]

Biography

Zheng was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang, Manchukuo, on 30 November 1932, while his ancestral home in Beijing. ^{[1] [2]} After the occupation of Northeast China by the Imperial Japanese Army, his family moved back to Beijing. ^[2] He attended the Beijing Shijia Hutong Primary School (北京史家胡同小学) and Beijing No. 8 High School. ^[2] In 1950, he enrolled at the Department of Biology, Beijing Normal University, he stayed for teaching after graduation. ^{[1] [2]} In 1956, he did his postgraduate work at Northeast Normal University. ^{[1] [2]}

He returned to Beijing in 1958 and continued to teach at Beijing Normal University, where he worked successively as associate professor (1978), full professor (1986), and doctoral supervisor (1990). ^{[1] [2]}

On 3 October 2023, he died of an illness in Beijing, at the age of 90. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Publications

• 中国鸟类分类与分布名录 [A Checklist on the Classification and Distribution of the Bird of China] (in Chinese). Beijing: Science Press. 2011. ISBN  9787030312211.

• 鸟类学 [Ornithology] (in Chinese). Beijing: Beijing Normal University Publishing House. 2012. ISBN  9787303139477.

• 世界鸟类分类与分布名录 [A Checklist on the Classification and Distribution of the Bird of the World] (in Chinese). Beijing: Science Press. 2021. ISBN  9787030691590.

Honours and awards

• 2000 State Natural Science Award (Second Class) for the Ecological Biology and Domestication and Reproduction of Endangered Pheasants, a Chinese Specialty. ^[2]
• November 2003 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) ^[2]

References