Compiled from the following sources:
Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006
Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 6/23/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/26/2006
Chen Yongling 陈永龄
Senior Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Birthplace: Beijing Municipality
Biography
Chen Yongling, male, Han nationality, is a native of Beijing and an expert on geodesy. He received his Ph.D. in 1939 in engineering from Berlin University of Science and Technology. He was consultant and professor at the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping of the China Science and Technology Committee and was elected academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980.
Chen has compiled books on geodesy, surveying and astronomy, has measured the height of Mt. Everest, and promoted adoption of the global positioning system in China.
Career Data
| 1980— | Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences | |
| Professor, State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, Science and Technology Committee | ||
| Consultant, State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, Science and Technology Committee | ||
| 1939 | Graduate, Berlin University of Science and Technology Germany, Berlin (Received Doctorate in Engineering) |
