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Zhao Yijun (Chinese: 赵伊君; 26 November 1930 – 21 December 2022) was a Chinese engineer, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Biography

Zhao was born in Peiping (now Beijing), on 26 November 1930, to Zhao Guangzeng [zh], a physicist. He had a younger brother named Zhao Yisun (赵伊笋) who died from an illness at an early age. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, in order to escape the war, his family relocated to Chongqing, where he attended the School Affiliated to Central University in 1944. In 1950, he was admitted to Peking University, where he majored in physics.

After graduating in 1953, Zhao was dispatched to Harbin Institute of Military Engineering, where he worked at the Department of Naval Engineering from 1953 to 1962 and the Department of Atomic Engineering from 1962 to 1970. In January 1970, he moved to National University of Defense Technology, and taught at the Department of Physics. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1984.

On 21 December 2022, Zhao died in Beijing, at the age of 92.

Honours and awards

• 1997 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)
• 1997 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)
• 2008 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)

References

1. ^ Xiong Xinglin (熊杏林); Zhao Ke (赵可); Li Xijuan (李希娟) (2018). 赵伊君传 [Biography of Zhao Yijun] (in Chinese). Changsha, Hunan: National University of Defense Technology Press. ISBN 9787567305182.
2. ^ Xiong Xinglin (熊杏林); Zhao Ke (赵可); Peng Shu (彭澍); Li Xijuan (李希娟) (5 December 2014). 激光技术专家赵伊君院士：星剑光芒射斗牛. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 21 December 2022.
3. Jiang Ziwen (蒋子文) (21 December 2022). 共和国一日痛别两院士. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 21 December 2022.

• 1930 births
• 2022 deaths
• Engineers from Beijing
• Peking University alumni
• Academic staff of the National University of Defense Technology
• Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering