Jin Shanbao

Jin Shanbao (; 2 July 1895 – 26 June 1997) was a Chinese agricultural educator and agronomist.

Biography Jin Shanbao was born on July 2, 1895, in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province. Jin entered the Fifth High School of Zhejiang Province in Shaoxing, where he then studied for four years. In 1917, despite a good grade, his family's poverty caused him to be unable to enroll in many universities, however, he saw an enrollment prospectus for the Agricultural Specialization Section of the Nanjing Normal College granting free tuition, and he decided to enroll in this school. In 1926, Jin married Yao Bihui. In May 1928, he completed "Preliminary Classification of Wheat in China", which was the first paper on wheat classification research in China. In March 1957, Jin Shanbao became vice president of the newly established Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and in 1964, succeeded Ding Ying as president.