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Ye Zhengda

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Ye Zhengda
叶かのう正大せいだい
Ye Zhengda and wife Ren Yue in Moscow (1954)
Personal details
Born
Ye Funong (叶かのう福ぶく农)

(1927-08-22)August 22, 1927
Shanghai, China
DiedDecember 14, 2017(2017-12-14) (aged 90)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
SpouseRen Yue
Parent(s)Ye Ting
Li Xiuwen
Alma materMoscow Aviation Institute
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Air Force
Years of service1955–1998
Rank Lieutenant general
AwardsVictory Medal (1998)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese葉は正大せいだい
Simplified Chinese叶かのう正大せいだい
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYè Zhèngdà
Wade–GilesYeh Cheng-ta

Ye Zhengda (Chinese: 叶かのう正大せいだい; 22 August 1927 – 14 December 2017) was a Chinese aircraft designer and lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army Air Force. He was also an adjunct professor and senior engineer at Northwestern Polytechnical University. He was a member of the 10th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and a delegate to the 5th National People's Congress.

Biography

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Ye Ting's family in Macau in 1939. Ye Ting is first from the left and Ye Zhengda is second from the left.

Ye was born Ye Funong (叶かのう福ぶく农) on 22 August 1927 in Shanghai, with his ancestral home in Huiyang, Guangdong.[1] He was the first of nine children of the famous general Ye Ting and his wife Li Xiuwen, who both died in a plane crash in 1946. His siblings included Ye Zhengming (叶かのう正明まさあき, 1931–2003), Ye Huaming (叶かのう华明, born 1935), Ye Jianmei (叶かのう剑梅, 1937–1993), Ye Yangmei (叶かのう扬眉, 1936–1946), Ye Zhengguang (叶かのう正ただし光こう, born 1939), and Ye Qiguang (born 1942).[2]

In 1947, Ye attended a Russian-language school in northeastern China founded by the Northeast Democratic United Army. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in the following year. He graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute in 1955, where he majored in aircraft production.[2]

In August 1956, China established its first aircraft design office at Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, with Xu Shunshou as director. Ye Zhengda and Huang Zhiqian were appointed deputy directors. He participated in the design of China's first trainer jet, the Shenyang JJ-1.[3]

He later served as deputy dean of the Six Research Institute of the PRC Ministry of National Defense, deputy director of Defense Industry of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, deputy director of the Science and Technology Committee of the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, and director of the 2nd and 3rd Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He was awarded the military rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in 1988. He retired in 1998.[4]

On December 14, 2017, he died in Beijing.[2]

Personal life

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Ye Zhengda married Ren Yue (Chinese: 任にん岳だけ), an actress of the August First Film Studio, in Moscow.[4]

Awards

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  • Special Prize of the National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology
  • Second Prize of the National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology
  • First Prize for Military Scientific Research Achievements of the People's Liberation Army (PLA)
  • Second Prize of Military Scientific Research Achievements of the People's Liberation Army (PLA)
  • 1998 - Victory Medal

References

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  1. ^ "哀悼あいとう！新しん中国ちゅうごく航空こうくう工こう业开拓つぶせ者しゃ叶かのう正ただし大だい逝世". China Aviation News. 2017-12-18. Archived from the original on 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  2. ^ a b c 叶かのう挺てい将はた军之子こ、原はら国防こくぼう科か工こう委い科技かぎ委い副ふく主任しゅにん叶かのう正ただし大だい逝世. Thepaper (in Chinese). 2017-12-15.
  3. ^ "哀悼あいとう！叶かのう挺てい之子ゆきこ、第だい一代飞机设计师叶正大离开了我们". Tencent. 2017-12-17. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  4. ^ a b 叶かのう正大せいだい：一代いちだい飞机一いち代だい魂たましい. globalview.cn (in Chinese). 2016-08-09. Archived from the original on 2016-12-11. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
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