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

People's Daily Online


Revision History:

Biography Revised: 2/1/2018
Career Data Updated: 3/10/2011

PHOTO: Bai Chunli
Bai Chunli 白春礼
Member, 19th CPC, Central Committee; President, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Born: 1953

Biography

Bai Chunli, male, Manchu nationality, is a native of Dandong, Liaoning Province. He was born in 1953 and earned a doctorate at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Chemistry.

As a post-doctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology's jet propulsion laboratory, Bai Chunli started his exploration into the atomic world. In March of 1989, Bai's research group developed China's first atomic force microscope, which was used to observe the surface structure of several conductors, semi-conductors and insulators. Bai, who has received various awards from the state and the science academy, is now remolding the sweep tunnel microscope probe to adapt the microscope to low-temperature and vacuum conditions.

Bai Chunli is a Chinese Academy of Sciences academician and physical chemist as well as a research fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Chemistry. He was an alternate member of the 16th CPC Central Committee and is now an alternate member of the 17th CPC Central Committee. In 2007, he was awarded as the Honorary Fellow by Royal Society of Chemistry. He is the first Chinese that gets this distinct honor. Bai was also the 6th and 7th Vice-President of Chinese Science and Technology Association. In 2011, he became President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Bai is a Member of the 19th CPC Central Committee.

Career Data

2017— Member, 19th CPC, Central Committee
2012—2017 Member, 18th CPC, Central Committee
2011— President, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2007—2012 Alternate Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2002—2007 Alternate Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
1999— Member, State Academic Degrees Committee
1998— Director, China Chemistry Association
1997—2002 Alternate Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1996—2011 Vice-President, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1995—2000 Vice-Chairman, All-China Youth Federation
1993—1998 Member, 8th CPPCC, National Committee
1992—1997 Vice-Dean, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chemistry Research Institute
1989 Developer, (China's 1st Atomic Force Microscope)
1987—1992 Researcher, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chemistry Research Institute
1985—1987 Post-Doctoral Researcher, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory USA, California, Pasadena
1981—1985 Graduate Student, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chemistry Research Institute (Received Doctorate)
1978—1981 Graduate Student, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chemistry Research Institute (Received Master's Degree)
1978—1978 Internship, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Applied Chemistry Institute Jilin Province, Changchun City
1974 Joined, CPC
1974—1978 Student, Beijing University, Chemistry Department Beijing Municipality
1970—1974 Soldier, Production and Construction Corps Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region


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