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Wu Weiran (Chinese: 吴蔚然; 24 November 1920 – 8 August 2016) was a Chinese medical scientist and politician.[1]
Wu Weiran | |||||||
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吴蔚然 | |||||||
| Born | 24 November 1920 | ||||||
| Died | 8 August 2016 (aged 95) Beijing, China | ||||||
| Alma mater | Yenching University Peking Union Medical College West China Union University | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Medicine | ||||||
| Institutions | Beijing Hospital | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 吴蔚然 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 吳蔚然 | ||||||
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Wu was an alternate member of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[2] He was a member of the 12th and 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[2] He was a representative of the 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[2] He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[2]
Wu was born in Changshu, Jiangsu, on 24 November 1920.[2] He had a brother named Wu Jieping.[2] From 1938 to 1946, he successively studied at Yenching University, Peking Union Medical College, and West China Union University, obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree and a Doctor of Medicine degree.[2]
After University in 1946, he worked at Beijing Zhonghe Hospital (now Peking University People's Hospital) and two years later moved to Beijing Capital Hospital (now Beijing Union Medical College Hospital).[2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1956.[2] From 1950 to 1951, he joined the Beijing Volunteer Surgery Team during the Korean War.[2] In October 1973, he was transferred to Beijing Hospital and appointed vice president.[2] He became honorary president in 1984.[2]
On 8 August 2016, he died from an illness in Beijing, at the age of 95.[2][3]
- 1996 Medal of Norman Bethune[2]
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