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He was born in Shanghai and graduated in physics from Fudan University. He was a lecturer and professor of physics at Fudan, becoming President of the university from 1993-1999.
He was Director of the Shanghai Institute of Nuclear Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences from 1987-2001, was Chairman of the Shanghai Science and Technology Association from 1992-1996, and he was the first president of the the Association of University Presidents of China from 1997-1999.
He has held visiting professorships at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark; Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA; the State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA; and Tokyo University, Japan. He holds honorary degrees from Soka University, Tokyo, Japan; the State University of New York, USA; the University of Hong Kong; the University of Nottingham, England; and the University of Connecticut, USA.