Wan Weixing

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wan.

Wan Weixing (Chinese: 万卫星; 1 July 1958 – 20 May 2020) was a Chinese space physicist. He was a member of the Jiusan Society. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Wan Weixing
万卫星
Member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (13th)
In office March 2018 – 20 May 2020
Chairman	Li Zhanshu
Delegate to the National People's Congress (12th)
In office March 2013 – March 2018
Chairman	Zhang Dejiang
Constituency	Hubei
Personal details
Born	(1958-07-01)July 1, 1958 Tianmen, Hubei, China
Died	May 20, 2020(2020-05-20) (aged 61) Beijing, China
Political party	Jiusan Society
Alma mater	Wuhan University
Scientific career
Fields	Space physics
Institutions	Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	萬衛星
Simplified Chinese	万卫星
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wàn Wèixīng

Biography

Wan was born in Tianmen, Hubei, on July 1, 1958. After the resumption of National College Entrance Examination in 1977, he was accepted to Wuhan University, where he majored in physics.^[1] He received his master's degree from Wuhan Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences under the supervision of academician Li Jun (李钧) in 1984. In 1989, he earned his doctor's degree from the institute and joined the institute as a researcher. In 2004, the Institute of Geology and Geophysics set up the Department of Geomagnetism and Space Physics in Beijing, he became its first director. He was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress. On March 18, 2018, he was elected a Standing Committee member of the 13th National People's Congress. On May 20, 2020, he died of an illness in Beijing, aged 62.^[2]

Honours and awards

• 1995 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
• 2011 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)