Liu Shouren

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.
Liu Shouren
刘守仁
Born(1934-03-21)21 March 1934
Jingjiang, Jiangsu, China
Died11 June 2023(2023-06-11) (aged 89)
Shihezi, Xinjiang, China
Alma materNanjing Agricultural University
Scientific career
FieldsWool
InstitutionsXinjiang Agriculture Academy
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese刘守仁
Traditional Chinese劉守仁
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLiú Shǒurén

Liu Shouren (Chinese: 刘守仁; 21 March 1934 – 11 June 2023) was a Chinese engineer specializing in wool, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.[1] He has been hailed as the "Father of Chinese Fine Wool Sheep".[2]

Liu was a representative of the 12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and 13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[2] He was a delegate to the 9th and 10th National People's Congress.[2]

Biography

Liu was born in the town of Gushan [zh], Jingjiang, Jiangsu, on 21 March 1934.[2] His father was an engineer at a textile factory in the Suzhou.[1] He had six sisters. He attended Jingjiang Xiyin Middle School (靖江惜阴中学) and Wu County High School (吴县高中). In 1951, he enrolled at Zhejiang University.[2] In 1952, the Animal Husbandry Department of Zhejiang University was incorporated into Nanjing Agricultural College (now Nanjing Agricultural University), and Liu became a student of Nanjing Agricultural University.[2]

After university in 1955, with the support of his father, he signed up to support the construction of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and engaged in animal husbandry for a long time, and successively served as a technician, manager, and chief animal husbandry officer.[2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1960.[2] He rose to become president of Xinjiang Agriculture Academy [zh] in 1988, and then honorary president in 1995.[2] In January 2000, he was hired as a professor and doctoral supervisor of Shihezi University.[2]

Liu died in Shihezi, Xinjiang on 11 June 2023, at the age of 89.[3]

Honours and awards

  • 1987 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class) for the Breeding of New Chinese Merino Sheep Varieties.[1]
  • 1991 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class) for the Chinese Merino Sheep (Xinjiang Military Reclamation Type) Breeding System.[1]
  • 1999 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)[1]
  • 2007 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for the New Techniques for Sheep Breeding: Cultivation of New Strains of Merino Meat, Ultra Fine Wool, and Multi Fetal Meat in China.[1]
  • 2008 Science and Technology Innovation Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Kang Jia (康佳) (19 June 2023). 被誉为“中国细毛羊之父”的工程院院士刘守仁去世，89岁. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Yue Huairang (岳怀让) (12 June 2023). “中国细毛羊之父”、中国工程院院士刘守仁逝世，享年89岁. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  3. ^ 刘守仁院士逝世. cae.cn (in Chinese). 21 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.