Compiled from the following sources:
Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006
Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005
Zhongguo Gongchandang Lijie Zhongyang Weiyuan Dacidian, 1921-2003
Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi chubanshe 2004
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 5/23/2003
Career Data Updated: 7/11/2007
Zhou Guangzhao 周光召
Chairman of the 5th National Committee of the China Association for Science and Technology, Leading Nuclear Physicist
Born: 1929
Birthplace: Hunan Province, Changsha City
Biography Highlight
Zhou Guangzhao, male, Han nationality, was born in 1929 in Changsha, Hunan Province. He graduated from the physics department of Qinghua University in 1951, joined the CPC in 1952, and, beginning in 1954, did postgraduate work in theoretical physics at Beijing University. From 1957 to 1960, he was a researcher at the Dubra joint nuclear research institute in Moscow.Recent Career Data
| 1999 | (Recipient, Medal from the CPC Central Committee for Work on Nuclear Weapons and Satellites) | |
| 1998—2003 | Vice-Chairman, 9th Standing Committee of the NPC | |
| 1998—???? | Honorary President, Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament | |
| 1997—2002 | Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 1996 | (Asteroid No. 3462, found in 1996 by Chinese astronomers, was named after Zhou Guangzhao) | |
| 1996— | Vice-President, China Physics Society | |
| 1996—???? | Member, State Leading Group for Science and Technology | |
| 1996—???? | Chairman, State Science and Technology Commission | |
| 1993—???? | Vice-Chairman, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry | |
| 1992—1997 | Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee |
