Chinese archaeologist Yan Wenming, born in Hunan Province, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award during the fifth Shanghai Archaeology Forum (SAF), which marks the first time a Chinese scholar has received such recognition.
More >Jin Yuelin (1895–1984), born in Changsha, was a leading Chinese philosopher and logician. After studying at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University in the United States, he returned to China and established the Department of Philos...
More >Xiang Jingyu (1895-1928) was a pioneer of the women's liberation movement, who founded China's national women's organization.
More >Tang, born in 1975 and launched into orbit on the Shenzhen-12 mission in June 2021, became one of the first occupants of the Chinese space station's core module Tianhe.
More >Ho Fengshan was a Chinese diplomat in Vienna who risked his own life and career during World War II to save more than one thousand Jews.
More >Xiang Yanmei, a weightlifter born in Xiangxi, Hunan, won the women's 69kg weightlifting gold in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
More >Cao Yuan, born on 7 February 1995 in Changsha, Hunan, is a Chinese diver and an Olympic gold medalist. He won the gold in mens' 3m springboard at 2016 Rio Games.
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