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Biography Revised: 6/29/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/26/2006

PHOTO: Zhang Xinshi
Zhang Xinshi 张新实
Vice-Chairman of the State Natural Sciences Fund Committee
Born: 1934
Birthplace: Henan Province

Biography Highlight

Zhang Xinshi, male, Han nationality, is a native of Henan Province. His ancestral home
is in Gaotang, Shangdong Province. He graduated from the Forestry Department of Beijing Forestry University in 1955. In 1985, he obtained a doctor of ecology from Cornell University.

An academic with extensive experience in teaching and research, Zhang has directed science programs at Xinjiang University, Xinjiang August 1 Agricultural College, and at the Chinese Academy of Sciences . Among his positions include director of the forestry teaching and research section at Xinjiang University, dean of the forestry department at Xinjiang August 1 Agricultural College, and director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Biology.

In 1986, Zhang became a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Botany and four years later became director of the institute . He became academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences Division of Biological Sciences in 1992.

Zhang has received considerable recognition for his research on vegetation ecology. He established China‘s first analysis and management laboratory of vegetational ecology; he proposed a zonation theory of vegetation of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. His research has won him several awards, including a 1978 1st Class Science and Technology Achievement Award from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 1989, he received a national citation for his contributions to the development of the country‘s science and technology.

In 1995, he became the Vice-Chairman of the State Natural Science Fund Committee.

Recent Career Data

1998—2003 Member, 9th CPPCC, National Committee, Standing Committee
1995— Vice-Chairman, State Natural Sciences Fund Committee
1991— Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Researcher, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Plant Research Institute
1985 Graduate, Cornell University USA, New York, Ithaca
1955 Graduate, Beijing Forestry Institute, Forest Department Beijing Municipality

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