Zhu Guangya was a renowned Chinese nuclear physicist, and an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Chinese Academy of Sciences , formerly known as Academia Sinica, is the national academy for the natural sciences of the People's Republic of China. It is an institution of the State Council of China. It is headquartered in Beijing, with institutes all over the People's Republic of China...

. He served as the vice chairman of 8th and 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference [], shortened as 人民政协, Rénmín Zhèngxié, i.e. "People's PCC"; or just 政协, Zhèngxié, i.e. "The PCC"), abbreviated CPPCC, is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China...

 (CPPCC).

Zhu attended National Central University

National Central University

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 (Nanjing University

Nanjing University

Nanjing University , or Nanking University, is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher learning in China...

) in 1941 and graduated from department of physics of National Southwestern Associated University

National Southwestern Associated University

When the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out between China and Japan in 1937, Peking University, Tsinghua University and Nankai University, merged to form Changsha Temporary University in Changsha, and later National Southwestern Associated University in Kunming...

 in 1945, and obtained a doctorate degree in physics at University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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 in the United States (1950). He returned to China in spring of 1950. After 1957, he was involved in nuclear reactor research. Together with Deng Jiaxian

Deng Jiaxian

Deng Jiaxian was born on June 25, 1924, in Huaining, Anhui province, and died on July 29th, 1986 in Beijing. He was a nuclear physics expert and academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences . He was a leading organizer and key contributor to the Chinese nuclear weapon programs.-External links:* * * *...

 and others, Zhu led the development of China's atomic bomb and hydrogen bomb program.

In 1994 when Chinese Academy of Engineering

Chinese Academy of Engineering

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 (CAE) was founded, he served as the first president. In 1999, he received an achievement medal in recognition of his contribution to China's "Two Bombs, One Satellite" projects.

Zhu was an alternate member of 9th and 10th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China

Communist Party of China

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, and a full member of 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Central Committees of CPC.

Guangya died on February 26, 2011 at the age of 86.