China Vitae

Biography

Xie Lianhui, male, Han nationality, is a native of Longyan, Fujian Province. He graduated from Fujian Agriculture Institute in 1958.

A plant pathologist, Xie researched wheat stalk rust and rice disease. He then helped solve local production problems and studied the distribution, damage, spread, and treatment of Chinese rice viruses. In the 1970s, he discovered a new rice virus, and his work received international attention. Xie's research led to these diseases being effectively controlled.

Xie has also served as a professor and dean at the Plant Virus Research Institute of Fujian Agricultural University. In 1991, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.