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: 6/30/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/22/2007
Yan Yixun 严义埙
Vice-President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Born: 1939
Birthplace: Shanghai Municipality
Biography Highlight
Yan Yixun, male, Han nationality, is a native of Shanghai. He was born in 1939 and graduated from Qinghua University. Yan has been a research fellow at the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics and has won prizes from the Chinese Academy of Sciences for his outstanding work in the field. In 1993, he served as chairman of the Chinese Committee to the International Committee on Space Research.Recent Career Data
| 1998—2003 | Member, 9th Standing Committee of the NPC | |
| 1993—1998 | Member, 8th Standing Committee of the NPC | |
| 1993—1998 | Member, 8th Education, Science, Culture and Health Committee of the NPC | |
| 1992—2000 | Vice-President, Chinese Academy of Sciences | |
| 1988—1993 | Deputy, 7th NPC | |
| 1962 | Graduate, Tsinghua University, Radio Department Beijing Municipality |
