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Zheng Shouyi, female, Han nationality, is a native of the Philippines. Her ancestral origin is in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province. She was born in 1931 and graduated from the Education Department of Orient University, Philippines in 1954. Zheng then majored in biology at the University of the Philippines.

Zheng returned to China in 1956 from the Philippines and became an associate research fellow and then a research fellow of the Qingdao Institute under Oceanography at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Zheng remained with the academy for 19 years, finishing her stint in 1980.

In 1980, she became vice-mayor of Qingdao City as well as vice-chairman of the Shandong Provincial Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese.

Sine 1983, Zheng has been very involved with the China Zhi Gong Party. She was Vice-Chairman of the 8th through 11th Central Committees of the party. In 1997, she was elected chairman of the 2nd Shandong Provincial Committee of the China Zhi Gong Party.

She has long conducted research on modern foraminifera in various Chinese sea areas. She is the author of "Modern Foraminifera Around Xisha Islands in South China Sea." In 1979, she was recognized as a National Model Worker.

Recent Career Data

2001—	Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1997—	Vice-Chairman, China Zhi Gong Party (Public Interest Party), Central Committee
	Researcher, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanography
1955—????	Postgraduate Student, Philippine State University, Biology Department Philippines, Manila
	Graduate, Orient University Philippines, Manila