Yang Fuqing

Yang Fuqing (born 6 November 1932) is a Chinese computer software expert who is a professor at the School of Information Science and Technology, Peking University, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and currently chairwoman of the university's School of Software and Microelectronics and director of National Engineering Research Center of Software Engineering.

Biography Yang was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu, on 6 November 1932, to Yang Jiechen , a businessman, and Li Wenying . Her last name "Fuqing" means lotus in Chinese. In 1952, the Chinese Communist Party regrouped China's higher education institutions, she moved to Peking University with her department. They got married in the autumn of 1960. The couple has a son and a daughter. 2007 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award of the China Computer Federation