Sun Chuanyao

Sun Chuanyao (; 13 December 1944 – 21 August 2025) was a Chinese engineer specializing in mineral processing, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Biography Sun was born in Raohe County, , Manchukuo (now Heilongjiang, China), on 13 December 1944, while his ancestral home is in Dongping County, Shandong. In 1963, he enrolled at Northeast Institute of Technology (now Northeastern University), where he majored in mineral processing. December 1991 Academician of Saint Petersburg Academic University 1996 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for the research and industrial application of electrochemical control flotation comprehensive technology 2001 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for the new comprehensive beneficiation technology for tungsten molybdenum bismuth complex polymetallic ore - Shizhuyuan method November 2003 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) 2006 Engineering Award of the 6th Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award 2014 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for the key technologies and industrial applications for efficient separation of complex and difficult to process tungsten ores