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Biography

Yu Min, male, Han nationality, is a native of Ninghe, Hebei Province. He was born in 1926 and is a member of the CPC. In 1949, Yu studied physics in his postgraduate courses.

A nuclear physicist, Yu began serving as a researcher at the Modern Physics Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1951. During his time with the academy, he studied nuclear weapon theory and solved a series of problems concerning thermal nuclear physics related to H-bomb tests. His work in this area played a critical role in the design of the bomb. As a result of his efforts with nuclear weapon theory, he has won the national scientific progress prizes three times, was honored as a national labor model, and in 1992 was awarded the Guanghua Special Prize.

A longtime member of the 9th Research Institute at the Ministry of Nuclear Industry, he was deputy chief and later chief of the theory research institute. He also served as a high-ranking scientific consultant to the institute. Yu is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.