Ye Zhengda

Ye Zhengda
叶正大
Ye Zhengda and Ren Yue in 1954 in Moscow, the Soviet Union.
Member of the 10th National Congress of the Communist Party of China
In office
1973–1977
Delegate to the 5th National People's Congress
In office
1978–1983
Personal details
Born Ye Funong (叶福农)
(1927-08-17)August 17, 1927
Huiyang District, Huizhou, Guangdong, China
Died December 14, 2017(2017-12-14) (aged 90)
Beijing, China
Nationality Chinese
Political party Communist Party of China
Spouse(s) Ren Yue
Relations Siblings: Ye Zhengming, Ye Huaming, Ye Jianmei, Ye Yangmei, Ye Zhengguang, Ye Qiguang
Children Ye Daying
Parents Ye Ting
Li Xiuwen
Alma mater Moscow Aviation Institute
Occupation Politician, engineer
Awards Victory Medal (1998)
Military service
Allegiance  People's Republic of China
Service/branch  People's Liberation Army Air Force
Rank lieutenant general (Zhongjiang)

Ye Zhengda (simplified Chinese: 叶正大; traditional Chinese: 葉正大; pinyin: Yè Zhèngdà; 17 August 1927 – 14 December 2017) was a Chinese politician and engineer. He was an adjunct professor and senior engineer at Northwestern Polytechnical University. In 1988, he was awarded the military rank of lieutenant general (Zhongjiang) by the Chinese government.

He was a member of the 10th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and a delegate to the 5th National People's Congress.

Biography

Ye Ting's family in Macau in 1939. Ye Ting is first from the left and Ye Zhengda is second from the left.

Ye was born Ye Funong (叶福农) in Huiyang District, Huizhou, Guangdong, in 1927, to Ye Ting (1896-1946) and Li Xiuwen (1907-1946), the first of nine children, the others being: Ye Zhengming (叶正明, 1931-2003), Ye Huaming (叶华明, born 1935), Ye Jianmei (叶剑梅, 1937-1993), Ye Yangmei (叶扬眉, 1936-1946), Ye Zhengguang (叶正光, born 1939), and Ye Qiguang (born 1942).[1]

In 1947, Ye attended a Russian school in northeastern China founded by the Northeast Democratic United Army. He joined the Communist Party of China in the following year and graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute in 1955, where he majored in the Department of Aircraft Production, studying alongside Li Peng and Zou Jiahua. That same year, he returned to China. In August 1956, he established China's first Aircraft Design Office; one year and nine months later, Shenyang JJ-1 was developed.[2] Beginning in 1956, he served in several posts in the Chinese government, including engineer of Songling Machinery Factory, deputy dean of the Six Research Institute of the PRC Ministry of National Defense, deputy director of Defense Industry of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, deputy director of the Science and Technology Committee of the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, and director of the 2nd and 3rd Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics. During the Cultural Revolution, he was divided into "capitalist roader", he was mistreated and tortured. The Red Guards paraded him through the streets and beat him in public.[3] The Chinese government bestowed upon him the military rank of lieutenant general (Zhongjiang) in 1988. Ye retired in 1998.[4]

On December 14, 2017, he died in Beijing.

Personal Life

Ye Zhengda married Ren Yue (Chinese: 任岳) in Moscow, the Soviet Union, an actress in the August First Film Studio.[3][4]

Awards

  • Special Prize of the National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology
  • Second Prize of the National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology
  • First Prize for Military Scientific Research Achievements of the People's Liberation Army (PLA)
  • Second Prize of Military Scientific Research Achievements of the People's Liberation Army (PLA)
  • 1998 - Victory Medal

References

  1. ↑ 叶挺将军之子、原国防科工委科技委副主任叶正大逝世. thepaper (in Chinese). 2017-12-15.
  2. ↑ 叶挺之子叶正大中将昨晚辞世，曾指导中国自行设计首台涡喷发动机. baijiahao (in Chinese). 2017-12-15.
  3. 1 2 揭叶大鹰成长史　从“红孩子”到“红导演”. CRL (in Chinese). 2011-09-14. 叶大鹰到上海时正是“文革”热火朝天的时候，父亲叶正明作为走资派被批斗，他亲眼看见人家把大字报贴在父亲的身上，这一年叶大鹰只有10岁。有一次，小学生叶大鹰在回家的路上听见有人喊“打倒叶正明”，而且还冲着叶大鹰喊，他就急了，与喊口号的人打架。叶大鹰打完架后发现父亲叶正明就站在很远的地方，站在写着很大的“打倒叶正明”的标语旁边，每个字比叶大鹰个头还大好多。
  4. 1 2 叶正大：一代飞机一代魂. globalview.cn (in Chinese). 2016-08-09.
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