Ye Danian, male, Han nationality, is a native of Heshan, Guangdong province. He was born in 1939, graduated from the Beijing Institute of Geology, and completed postgraduate studies at the Institute of Geology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Ye joined the China Democratic League in 1983.
Ye has made notable breakthroughs after twenty-five years of research, and created a new area of study in the field of science-structural optical mineralogy. He has discovered dozens of laws and new phenomena in the study of crystal chemistry. His research achievements have been applied in the production of cement and pottery with great results. Ye has taught at the Chinese Academy of Sciences for several years, and he was vice-chairman of the 7th-8th China Democratic League Beijing Municipal Committees. Ye is the author of several books, including "Structural Optical Mineralogy".
Ye Danian was a member of the standing committees of the 8th and 9th CPPCC National Committees. He was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1992.