Wang Maohua

Wang was born in Xingning County, Guangdong, on 11 November 1932.^[2][3] He attended Xingning County No.1 High School, where he studied alongside Wang Fosong.^[2] In 1951, he entered Beijing Agricultural Mechanization College (now China Agricultural University), and stayed to teach after graduation in 1956.^[2][3] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1956.^[3] In October 1958 he pursued advanced studies in the Soviet Union, earning vice-doctorate degree from Moscow State Agricultural College in 1962.^[2][3]

Wang returned to China in June 1962 and continued to teach at Beijing Agricultural Mechanization College (now School of Information and Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, China Agricultural University).^[2][3] In 1984, he was promoted to vice president of the Beijing University of Agricultural Engineering (now China Agricultural University), a position he held until 1990.^[2][3]

Wang died on 28 February 2025 in Beijing, at the age of 93.^[2][3]

• 1995 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)^[2][3]
• 2007 Fellow of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences (IEAS)^[3]