陈竺

陳竺

Chénzhú

proper noun

Meanings

1 Chen Zhu (1953–), Chinese hematologist and politician, Minister of Health 2007–2013, Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee

Characters

to display; surname

(archaic form of 'bamboo'); surname

Examples

陈竺曾任中国卫生部部长。

Chénzhú céng rèn Zhōngguó Wèishēngbù bùzhǎng.

Chen Zhu once served as China's Minister of Health.

陈竺在急性早幼粒细胞白血病研究上贡献卓著。

Chénzhú zài jíxìng zǎo yòu lì xìbāo báixuèbìng yánjiū shànggòng xiàn zhuózhù.

Chen Zhu made outstanding contributions to research on acute promyelocytic leukemia.

Tips

history

Member of the non-Communist 农工民主党 rather than the CCP — one of the few post-1949 health ministers from outside the Party. Internationally recognized for work combining all-trans retinoic acid with arsenic trioxide to treat 急性早幼粒细胞白血病 (APL), turning a once-fatal leukemia into one of the most curable.

Stroke Order

陈 chén

竺 zhú