Shouzhuo Yao

Yao Shouzhuo (; 6 March 1936 – 27 August 2025) was a Chinese analytical chemist and politician who was a professor at Tsinghua University, Hunan University and Hunan Normal University, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Yao was a delegate to the 8th National People's Congress. He was a member of the 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In 1970, he was sentenced for the crime of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country. During his imprisonment, he completed the development of the "sulfur-absorbing battery", established a laboratory for testing non-ferrous metals and other raw materials at Hunan Motor Factory, and authored a book titled "Practical Rapid Chemical Analysis for Factories". He was rehabilitated in 1979. He joined the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party in 1986. In 1997, he was recruited as a professor at Hunan Normal University, serving in the post until his retirement in September 2018.

Honours and awards November 1999 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)