Funeral of atom pioneer
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March 3, 2011, Thursday
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The funeral of Zhu Guangya, a renowned nuclear physicist and one of the key scientists engaged in the development of China's atom and hydrogen bombs, was held in Beijing yesterday.
Zhu died of illness in Beijing on February 26 at the age of 87. His body was cremated at Beijing's Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.
President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and other state leaders bid a final farewell to Zhu at the ceremony.
A statement issued by the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee hailed Zhu as "an outstanding CPC member, loyal Communist fighter, outstanding scientist and one of the major pioneers in China's development of nuclear science."
Born in Yichang in Hubei Province in 1924, Zhu got a PhD in nuclear physics from the University of Michigan in 1950, and returned to China the same year. He joined the Party in 1956.
Together with other noted scientists, Zhu led the development of China's first atom and hydrogen bombs as well as its first underground nuclear tests from 1964 to 1969.
He also took part in the development of the Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant, research on the application and development of the radioactive isotope, and the drafting and implementation of China's high-tech research and development programs.
Zhu died of illness in Beijing on February 26 at the age of 87. His body was cremated at Beijing's Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.
President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and other state leaders bid a final farewell to Zhu at the ceremony.
A statement issued by the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee hailed Zhu as "an outstanding CPC member, loyal Communist fighter, outstanding scientist and one of the major pioneers in China's development of nuclear science."
Born in Yichang in Hubei Province in 1924, Zhu got a PhD in nuclear physics from the University of Michigan in 1950, and returned to China the same year. He joined the Party in 1956.
Together with other noted scientists, Zhu led the development of China's first atom and hydrogen bombs as well as its first underground nuclear tests from 1964 to 1969.
He also took part in the development of the Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant, research on the application and development of the radioactive isotope, and the drafting and implementation of China's high-tech research and development programs.
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