陈竺

陳竺

Chén Zhú

proper noun

Meanings

1 Chen Zhu, Chinese hematologist and politician, Minister of Health 2007–2013, Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee

About Chen Zhu

born 1953 · 医学家 physician

Hematologist whose team showed that arsenic trioxide with retinoic acid can cure acute promyelocytic leukemia. He was Minister of Health from 2007 to 2013 and then a vice-chair of the NPC Standing Committee.

Characters

(archaic form of 'bamboo'); surname

Examples

HSK 7-9

陈竺曾任中国卫生部部长。

Chén Zhú céng rèn Zhōngguó Wèishēngbù bùzhǎng.

Chen Zhu once served as China's Minister of Health.

HSK 7-9

陈竺在急性早幼粒细胞白血病研究上贡献卓著。

Chén Zhú zài jíxìng zǎo yòu lì xìbāo báixuèbìng yánjiū shàng gòngxiàn zhuózhù.

Chen Zhu made outstanding contributions to research on acute promyelocytic leukemia.

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history

He started in medicine as a 赤脚医生, a 'barefoot doctor' with basic training, while sent down to rural Jiangxi in the 1970s. He became minister in 2007 belonging to no party, and joined the small 中国农工民主党 only in 2012, chairing it until 2022.

Stroke Order

陈 chén

竺 zhú

陈竺