Meng Zhaozhen

In this Chinese name, the family name is Meng.

Meng Zhaozhen (Chinese: 孟兆祯; 13 September 1932 – 15 July 2022) was a Chinese landscape architect who was a professor at Beijing Forestry University, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.^[1]

Meng Zhaozhen
孟兆祯
Born	(1932-09-13)13 September 1932 Wuhan, Hubei, China
Died	15 July 2022(2022-07-15) (aged 89) Beijing, China
Alma mater	China Agricultural University
Scientific career
Fields	Landscape design
Institutions	Beijing Forestry University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	孟兆祯
Traditional Chinese	孟兆禎
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Mèng Zhàozhēn

Biography

Meng was born in Wuhan, Hubei, on 13 September 1932.^[2] After graduating from Nankai High School in 1952, he was admitted to Beijing Agricultural University (now China Agricultural University), where he majored in landscape architecture.^[2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in February 1956. After graduation, he stayed and taught at the university.^[2] After university department adjustment, he moved to Beijing Forestry University, where he successively served as an assistant, lecturer, associate professor, and professor.^[2]

On 15 July 2022, he died from an illness in Beijing, at the age of 89.^[2]

Contributions

His works include Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Sugen Garden of Beijing Botanical Garden and the rockery of Olympic Forest Park.^[3]

Publications

• 园衍 [Garden] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press. 2012. ISBN 9787112147021.

Honours and awards

• 1999 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)