China Vitae

Biography

Yan Hongchen, male, Han nationality, is a native of Yishui, Shandong province. He learned medicine from his father in Dehui County, Jilin province, and graduated from Changchun College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1959. He went on to teach at the college for several years, specializing in internal medicine. Yan has been an honorary professor at a prestigious institute in Hong Kong, and he has advised an American company on traditional Chinese medicine. Yan is an expert in internal medicine, gynecology, acupuncture and moxibustion treatment.

He has been devoted to the study of syringomyelia for over 20 years, and he invented a new treatment. In 1988, Yan set up a myelopathy hospital attached to the Changchun College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He is the author of several books about acupuncture and febrile disease. Yan joined the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party in 1983.

Yan Hongchen was a member of the standing committees of the 8th and 9th CPPCC National Committees.