Yu Shuxun
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Yu Shuxun (Chinese: 喻树迅; 1 November 1953 – 7 September 2025) was a Chinese cotton genetic breeder who served as director of the Cotton Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences from 2001 to 2013, a former president of the China Cotton Association, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Yu Shuxun | |||||||
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喻树迅 | |||||||
| Born | 1 November 1953 Macheng County, Hubei, China | ||||||
| Died | 7 September 2025 (aged 71) Hainan, China | ||||||
| Alma mater | Huazhong Agricultural University Northwest A&F University | ||||||
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| Fields | Cotton genetic breeding | ||||||
| Institutions | Cotton Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Zhejiang A&F University | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 喻树迅 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 喻樹迅 | ||||||
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Biography
Yu was born into a peasant family in Macheng County (now Macheng), Hubei, on 1 November 1953.[1][2][3] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1972.[2] In 1976, after the end of the Cultural Revolution, he was accepted to Huazhong Agricultural College (now Huazhong Agricultural University), where he majored in agronomy.[2] He obtained his doctor's degree from Northwest A&F University in 2003.[3]
Starting in July 1989, Yu served in several posts in the Cotton Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, including deputy director, deputy division director, and assistant director.[2] He moved up the ranks to become director in July 2001, and served until January 2013.[2] In 2016, he was recruited as a doctoral supervisor of Zhejiang A&F University.[2][3]
On 7 September 2025, Yu died in Hainan, at the age of 71.[2][3]
Honours and awards
- 1995 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class) for a new cotton variety suitable for wheat-cotton double cropping and summer intercropping - Zhongmiansuo 16
- 1999 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for a new low-phenol cotton variety suitable for wheat-cotton double cropping and summer intercropping - Zhongmiansuo 20
- 2004 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for biochemical assisted breeding technology has been used to select high-quality, multi-resistant, and high-yielding new varieties - Zhongmiansuo 24, 27, and 36
- 2010 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation
- 2011 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)[3]