Compiled from the following sources:

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Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006

Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005

Revision History:

Biography Revised: 6/23/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/26/2006

PHOTO: Chen Yongling
Chen Yongling 陈永龄
Senior Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Biography

Chen Yongling, male, Han nationality, is a native of Beijing and an expert on geodesy. He received his Ph.D. in 1939 in engineering from Berlin University of Science and Technology. He was consultant and professor at the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping of the China Science and Technology Committee and was elected academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980.

Chen has compiled books on geodesy, surveying and astronomy, has measured the height of Mt. Everest, and promoted adoption of the global positioning system in China.

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