Tang Hongxiao


Tang Hongxiao was a Chinese engineer who was a professor at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Biography

Tang was born in Xushui County, Hebei, on 4 October 1931. In 1950, he was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology. He studied at the Department of Geology at the beginning, but switched to the Department of Mining half a year later. After graduating in 1958, he stayed and taught there.
Tang moved to the Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences as an associate research fellow in 1977. In 1984, he became a visiting scholar at the Swiss Institute of Water Resources and Water Pollution Control, where he studied under Professor W. Stam. Tang returned to China in 1985 and that same year became director of the Water Pollution Chemistry Research Office, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
On 16 December 2022, he died from an illness in Beijing, at the age of 91.

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