Zhuang Qiaosheng

Zhuang Qiaosheng (; 5 August 1916 – 8 May 2022) was a Chinese geneticist and breeder, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was a member of the China Democratic League. He was a member of the 7th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography Zhuang was born into a family of farming background in the town of in Minhou County, Fujian, on 5 August 1916. His grandmother and mother were farming at home. After graduating from Secondary Normal School, his father settled in a remote island in Dutch Sumatra to teach primary school. In 1921, when he was five years old, his family moved to Southeast Asia and he studied at Minde Primary School founded by local overseas Chinese. The family returned to Fuzhou in 1925, where he was admitted to Fuzhou Private Sanmin Middle School in January 1928. In January 1935, he was accepted to the College of Agriculture of the University of Nanking, majoring in agronomy and minoring in auxiliary plants.

Contributions He bred more than 20 new winter wheat varieties with high yield, disease resistance and early maturity in four batches represented by Huabei 187, Beijing 8, Beijing 10, Fengkang 2, and Fengkang 8.

Honours and awards 1987 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) 1991 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 1995 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation