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Wan Weixing

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Member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

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March 2018

Term End:

20 May 2020

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Li Zhanshu

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Delegate to the National People's Congress

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March 2013

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March 2018

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Hubei

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Zhang Dejiang

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Jiusan Society

Birth Date:

1 July 1958

Birth Place:

Tianmen, Hubei, China

Death Place:

Beijing, China

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Space physics

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Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Alma Mater:

Wuhan University

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Wan Weixing (; 1 July 1958 – 20 May 2020) was a Chinese space physicist. He was a member of the Jiusan Society. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Biography

Wan was born in Tianmen, Hubei, on July 1, 1958. After the resumption of National College Entrance Examination in 1977, he was accepted to Wuhan University, where he majored in physics.^[1] He received his master's degree from Wuhan Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences under the supervision of academician Li Jun (Chinese: 李钧) in 1984. In 1989, he earned his doctor's degree from the institute and joined the institute as a researcher. In 2004, the Institute of Geology and Geophysics set up the Department of Geomagnetism and Space Physics in Beijing, he became its first director. He was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress. On March 18, 2018, he was elected a Standing Committee member of the 13th National People's Congress. On May 20, 2020, he died of an illness in Beijing, aged 62.^[2]

Honours and awards

1995 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
2011 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Notes and References

News: Xing Tan (Chinese: 邢潭). http://finance.sina.com.cn/wm/2020-05-21/doc-iircuyvi4277970.shtml . zh:万卫星离世，今年已痛失16位两院院士 . sina . 21 May 2020 . 21 May 2020 . zh.
News: Peng Qihang (Chinese: 彭启航). http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2020/05/21/729664.html . zh:中国科学院院士万卫星因病逝世享年62岁 . Beijing News . 21 May 2020 . 21 May 2020 . zh.