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

Zhongguo Gongchandang Lijie Zhongyang Weiyuan Dacidian, 1921-2003
Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi chubanshe 2004

Revision History:

Biography Revised: 6/9/2003
Career Data Updated: 7/21/2008

PHOTO: Ding Henggao
Ding Henggao 丁衡高
Standing Committee Member of the 9th CPPCC National Committee, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering
Born: 1931

Biography

Ding Henggao, male, Han nationality, is a native of Nanjing vince. He was born in 1931, joined the CPC in 1953 and studied at Nanjing University and the Leningrad Institute of Precision Machinery and Optical Instruments in the Soviet Union.

Ding initially held positions in the Ministry of National Defense, and he was conferred the rank of lieutenant general in 1988. Subsequently, he served as president of the Chinese Society of Inertial Technology. Ding is the husband of Nie Li, also a general, whose father is the late Marshal Nie Rongzhen.

Ding Henggao was an alternate member of the 12th CPC Central Committee and a member of the 13th and 14th CPC Central Committees.

Career Data

1998—2003 Member, 9th CPPCC, National Committee, Standing Committee
Member, State Leading Group for Science and Technology
Honorary President, Chinese Astronautics Society
1995—???? President, Chinese Society of Inertial Technology
1994 (Awarded state special class award for scientific and technological achievements for national defense)
1994— General, PLA
1994— Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering
1992—1997 Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee
1988—1994 Lieutenant General, PLA
1987—1992 Member, 13th CPC, Central Committee
1985—1996 Director, State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND)
1982—1985 Deputy Director, State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND)
1982—1987 Alternate Member, 12th CPC, Central Committee
1977—1982 Research Fellow, Ministry of National Defense
1963—1965 Director, Ministry of National Defense, No. 4 Office
1962—1963 Deputy Director, Ministry of National Defense, No. 3 Office
1962 Joined, PLA
1961—1962 Worker, Ministry of National Defense
1957—1961 Student, Leningrad Institute of Precision Machinery and Optical Instruments Russia, St. Petersburg (Obtained Candidate of Science Degree)
1953 Joined, CPC
1952—1957 Assistant Researcher, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mechanics Research Institute
1949—1952 Student, Nanjing University, Mechanical Engineering Department Jiangsu Province, Nanjing City


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