Liu Shouren | |||||||
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刘守仁 | |||||||
Born | |||||||
Died | 11 June 2023 | (aged 89)||||||
Alma mater | Nanjing Agricultural University | ||||||
Scientific career | |||||||
Fields | Wool | ||||||
Institutions | Xinjiang Agriculture Academy | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 刘守仁 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 劉守仁 | ||||||
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Liu Shouren (Chinese: 刘守仁; 21 March 1934 – 11 June 2023) was a Chinese engineer specializing in wool, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.[1] He has been hailed as the "Father of Chinese Fine Wool Sheep".[2]
Liu was a representative of the 12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and 13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[2] He was a delegate to the 9th and 10th National People's Congress.[2]
Liu was born in the town of GushanJingjiang, Jiangsu, on 21 March 1934.[2] His father was an engineer at a textile factory in the Suzhou.[1] He had six sisters. He attended Jingjiang Xiyin Middle School (靖江惜阴中学) and Wu County High School (吴县高中). In 1951, he enrolled at Zhejiang University.[2] In 1952, the Animal Husbandry Department of Zhejiang University was incorporated into Nanjing Agricultural College (now Nanjing Agricultural University), and Liu became a student of Nanjing Agricultural University.[2]
,After university in 1955, with the support of his father, he signed up to support the construction of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and engaged in animal husbandry for a long time, and successively served as a technician, manager, and chief animal husbandry officer.[2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1960.[2] He rose to become president of Xinjiang Agriculture Academy in 1988, and than honorary president in 1995.[2] In January 2000, he was hired as a professor and doctoral supervisor of Shihezi University.[2]
Liu died in Shihezi, Xinjiang on 11 June 2023, at the age of 89.[3]