Sun Chuanyao
Chinese engineer (1944–2025)
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Sun Chuanyao (Chinese: 孙传尧; 13 December 1944 – 21 August 2025) was a Chinese engineer specializing in mineral processing, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.[1]
Sun Chuanyao | |||||||
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孙传尧 | |||||||
| Born | 13 December 1944 | ||||||
| Died | 21 August 2025 (aged 80) Beijing, China | ||||||
| Alma mater | Northeastern University | ||||||
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| Fields | Mineral processing | ||||||
| Institutions | Beijing General Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 孙传尧 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 孫傳堯 | ||||||
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Biography
Sun was born in Raohe County, East Manzong Province, Manchukuo (now Heilongjiang, China), on 13 December 1944, while his ancestral home is in Dongping County, Shandong.[2] In 1963, he enrolled at Northeast Institute of Technology (now Northeastern University), where he majored in mineral processing.[2]
After university in December 1968, Sun was assigned to the Mineral Processing Plant of Keketuohai Mining Bureau in Xinjiang, where he was promoted to deputy director in October 1976.[2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in January 1978.[2] In October 1978, he did his postgraduate work at Beijing General Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and stayed to work after graduation.[2] He moved up the ranks to become vice president in October 1985 and president in February 1988.[2]
On 21 August 2025, Sun died in Beijing, at the age of 80.[2]
Honours and awards
- 1989 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for the new asynchronous flotation process for high-grade lead-zinc mixed concentrate[3]
- December 1991 Academician of Saint Petersburg Academic University[3]
- 1996 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for the research and industrial application of electrochemical control flotation comprehensive technology[3]
- 2001 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for the new comprehensive beneficiation technology for tungsten molybdenum bismuth complex polymetallic ore - Shizhuyuan method[3]
- November 2003 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)[3]
- 2006 Engineering Award of the 6th Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award[3]
- 2014 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for the key technologies and industrial applications for efficient separation of complex and difficult to process tungsten ores[3]