Hu Hesheng, a female academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a renowned mathematician at Fudan University in Shanghai, died on Feb. 2, 2024, due to illness. She is the 28th professor in the Shanghai-based university to have died since the beginning of 2023.
Often ranked among the top five universities in the country, Fudan University is one of the most prominent universities in China.
Among the deceased professors, Chen Xiaoyun, a professor of psychology, was 59 years old; Lu Zhong, an associate professor at the Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University and assistant to the director of the Pediatrics Hospital of Fudan University, was 51 years old.
Ms. Hu was a longtime researcher in differential geometry. She was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991, becoming the first female academician in the Chinese mathematics circle.
In addition to her academic honor as an academician, Ms. Hu was also a member of the 7th, 8th, and 9th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the country’s symbolic political advisory body, and the 7th President of the Shanghai Mathematical Society.
Chen Zhidong, an international jurist and a professor at the Fudan University Law School, died on Jan. 31 at the age of 74 due to illness.
He had been an arbitrator of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission since 1990, and was appointed by the Ministry of Commerce as an arbitrator of the World Bank’s International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes in 2003.
Chen Xiaoyun, a female professor of psychology at the School of Social Development and Public Policy, Fudan University, passed away in Shanghai on Jan. 20 due to illness. She was 59 years old.
She had been a visiting scholar at Moscow University and had taught at Northwest Normal University and Fudan University. She served as a support expert for the United Nations Children’s Fund projects and was the vice president of the Shanghai Psychological Management Society. She was also selected for the “Shanghai Pujiang Talent” program.
Shanghai was one of the hardest-hit cities during the explosive COVID-19 outbreak from December 2022 to the spring of 2023. Then, another wave of contagious disease raged across China, which began in October and peaked in November. At that time, videos leaked from Shanghai showed that local hospitals were jam-packed with patients.
Since December 2022, various official sources in China have reported many deaths of experts, senior CCP officials, corporate executives, and young and middle-aged police officers, some of whom have been praised as “outstanding Party members.” However, the CCP has been covering up the cause of their deaths.
