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Wang Mingxiu (Chinese: 王明庥; pinyin: Wáng Míngxiū; 12 March 1932 – 18 November 2023) was a Chinese forest geneticist and breeder and university administrator who was president of Nanjing Forestry University from 1984 to 1993, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Biography

Wang was born into a family of teachers, in Wuhan, Hubei, on 12 March 1932. He attended Shashi High School. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in July 1950. He graduated from Huazhong Agricultural University majoring in forestry before gaining a vice-doctorate degree in forestry from Moscow State Forestry University.

Wang returned to China in 1961 and that year joined the faculty of Nanjing Forestry University. He moved up the ranks to become vice president in January 1982 and president in January 1984.

On 18 November 2023, he died from an illness in Nanjing, Jiangsu, at the age of 91.

Honours and awards

• 1986 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class)
• 1994 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)
• 1999 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation

References

1. ^ 中国工程院院士、南京林业大学原校长王明庥逝世 享年91岁. Sohu (in Chinese). 19 November 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
2. Peng Jun (彭军) (20 November 2023). 痛别！沙市中学知名校友王明庥院士逝世. jznews.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 February 2024.
3. Ge Lingdan (葛灵丹) (19 November 2023). 中国工程院院士、南京林业大学原校长王明庥逝世，享年91岁. qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 February 2024.

• 1932 births
• 2023 deaths
• People from Wuhan
• Engineers from Hubei
• Huazhong Agricultural University alumni
• Academic staff of Nanjing Forestry University
• Presidents of Nanjing Forestry University
• Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
• 20th-century Chinese engineers
• 21st-century Chinese engineers