Ding Shisun
Ding Shisun (Chinese丁 石 孙, Pinyin thing Shisun; born September 5, 1927 in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu) is a Chinese mathematician, university professor and politician of the China Democratic League, one of eight accredited political parties other than the Communist Party of China, and since 1998, among other Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National people's Congress.
Life
High school teachers and scientific commitment
Ding Shisun studied post-school mathematics at Tsinghua University and graduated in 1950. Subsequently, he was a lecturer at Peking University in 1952 and joined the China Democratic League in. Later, he became Professor of Mathematics at Peking University and was at times also Vice Director and Director of the Faculty of Mathematics of the University and between 1984 and 1988 President of Peking University.
In addition, he was active as Vice President of the Chinese Mathematical Society and President of the Mathematical Society of Beijing. In addition, he was a member of the audit committee of the State Committee for academic degrees and Vice President of the Chinese Society for International Educational Exchange. He was also deputy head of the group for math tests and reviews the National Foundation of Natural Sciences, Member of the Executive Council of the China Association for Overseas Exchange and the Executive Council of the Chinese Society for higher education. On the other hand, he worked temporarily as a member of the Council of People's Institute of Foreign Affairs, Chairman of the Stfitungskomitees for Jiang Zehan scholarship and Vice Chairman of the Committee of the Zhou Peiyuan Foundation.
He wrote, among other things, two mathematical textbooks with titles Concise Textbook of Higher Algebra and Analytic Geometry and Orders of Linear Displacement register.
Ding Shisun received in 1985 an honorary Doctor of Soka University in Japan.
Political career
Ding Shisun who is a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League, is was 1988-1996 Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Party.
In 1988, he was first a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and was then 1993-1998 Member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of that body.
In November 1996 he was appointed as successor to Fei Xiaotong Chairman of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League, and thus the chairman of this party. In addition, since 1998 he is Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, a 150 - member panel of the National People's Congress, which shall carry out the work of the parliament between the sessions planner.
Ding Shisun, who also became president of the Western Returned Students Association in 1999, 1999 was also a member of the Committee to prepare the takeover of Macau as a Special Administrative Region (Special Administrative Region). In December 2005 he resigned from the post of chairman he Democratic League and has been honorary chairman.