Date of birth: 30 December, 1930 Place of birth: Ningbo, Zhejiang, China | Education: 1951-1955: Beijing Medical College (now Peking University Healthy Science Centre) |
Working Experience: 1955-present: China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences | |
Major Achievements: 1969: Worked as the leader of a research team aiming to fight against malaria(疟疾)1972: Managed to extract qinghaosu from a Chinese herb, which is very useful in fighting malaria1986: Get a New Drug Certificate for qinghaosu, by the Ministry of Health of China2015: Won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2019: Named for "The Greatest Person of the 20th Century" |