China Vitae

Biography

Ruan Keqiang, male, Han nationality, is a native of Shanghai. He was born in 1932 and studied at Tsinghua University from 1950 to 1951. Ruan was a student in the former Soviet Union from 1951 to 1958 and graduated from Moscow Power Institute.

A designer in the fields of reactor physics and nuclear safety, Ruan has helped design reactors and was involved in the first quick neutron zero power reactor. His work in reactors led Ruan to establish a foundation to study quick reactors in China. In 1986, he won the First Prize for Scientific Progress due to his design of a mini-type reactor.

Ruan has served as a researcher at the China Nuclear Energy Science Research Institute under the China Nuclear Industry Corporation and has been a member of the institute's science and technology committee.

Ruan is an academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and was elected as an academician to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1995.