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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Beijing Forum 2007: Paying Attention<br />

to Drinking Water Quality and<br />

Enhancing Safety Awareness: Tang<br />

Hongxiao, Academician <strong>of</strong> Chinese<br />

Academy <strong>of</strong> Engineering<br />

By Tang Hongxiao<br />

A Pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> Tang Hongxiao<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2007--10--24<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=193154345<br />

Tang Hongxiao, academician <strong>of</strong> Chinese Academy <strong>of</strong> Engineering, Commissioner <strong>of</strong><br />

National Environmental Consulting Committee and expert in Environmental Water<br />

Quality Sciences and Environmental Engineering Sciences. He was born in Xushui,<br />

Hebei Province in 1931. In 1953, he graduated from Harbin Institute <strong>of</strong> Technology.<br />

He is now Director <strong>of</strong> the Academic Council <strong>of</strong> Research Center for<br />

Eco-Environmental Sciences, CAS, and researcher in the national key laboratory <strong>of</strong><br />

Environmental Water Quality Sciences.<br />

Tang Hongxiao conducted series <strong>of</strong> research concerning the formation, evaluation<br />

and management <strong>of</strong> heavy metal in Jiyun River, Xiang River and Poyang Lake<br />

successively. He pioneered the study <strong>of</strong> inorganic macromolecular flocculation<br />

theory and flocculating agent, and took lead in establishing modern plants <strong>of</strong><br />

compound chloridized aluminum. He led several nationally and internationally<br />

cooperated projects and took part in the strategic research <strong>of</strong> national, especially<br />

Northwest China water resources, launched by Chinese Academy <strong>of</strong> Engineering.<br />

He has won the second-class Award <strong>of</strong> National Natural Sciences, the second-class<br />

Award <strong>of</strong> National Technological Advancement, Heling and Heli Award, SCI<br />

Classical Paper Award <strong>of</strong> the United States and many other awards granted by<br />

Chinese Academy <strong>of</strong> Sciences. He has had about 300 monographs and papers<br />

published. He is now editor -in-chief <strong>of</strong> Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae.<br />

In recent years, major incessant incidents <strong>of</strong> water pollution incurred by nitrobenzene<br />

in Songhua River, blue-green algae in Taihu Lake and pollution discharge in the<br />

Yellow River all have serious impact on drinking water safety in the first place. The<br />

State Council and Environmental Protection has intensified the management <strong>of</strong><br />

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