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Zhang Qian‘er, male, Han nationality, is a native of Hui‘an, Fujian Province. He was born in 1928 and graduated from the Chemistry Department of Xiamen University in 1951. Zhang completed postgraduate studies of the Chemistry Research Institute of Xiamen University in 1954. In 1956, he joined the China Peasants and Workers Democratic Party.

A career academic, Zhang has spent most of his adult life affiliated with his alma mater, Xiamen University. Along graduating and completing postgraduate studies at the university, Zhang lectured and directed the teaching and research section at Xiamen. He later served as the dean of the chemical department at the university and eventually rose to become the president of the chemistry institute at Xiamen.

Along with his university responsibilities, Zhang directed the Fujian Material Structure Research Institute at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and was president of the Fujian Provincial Chemistry Society . In 1982, Zhang won a first-class State Natural Science Award and a second-class Scientific and Technological Progress Award from the State Education Commission for his accomplishments in physics.

In 1998, he was elected a standing committee member of the 9th CPPCC National Committee.

Recent Career Data

1998—2003	Member, 9th CPPCC, National Committee, Standing Committee
	Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1956	Joined, Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party
1951	Graduate, Xiamen University, Chemistry Department Fujian Province, Xiamen City