Wang Xuan born in Wuxi

Wuxi

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, Jiangsu

Jiangsu

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, China

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, innovator of the Chinese printing industry, was an academician at both the Chinese Academy of Sciences

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 and the Chinese Academy of Engineering

Chinese Academy of Engineering

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. He is a well-known computer application specialist, who was awarded the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award

State Preeminent Science and Technology Award

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 in 2001 by President of the People's Republic of China

President of the People's Republic of China

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 Jiang Zemin

Jiang Zemin

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 in Beijing

Beijing

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. Started in 2000, this highest degee prize of science and technology in China, has only been awarded to 9 scientists by 2006. He was also the vice-president of the CPPCC.

Biography

Wang Xuan graduated from the Department of Mathematics

Mathematics

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 and Mechanics

Mechanics

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 at Peking University

Peking University

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 in 1958 and devoted himself to computer science

Computer science

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 education and research ever since. He was mainly involved in research

Research

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 into computer processing of words, graphics

Graphics

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 and image

Image

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s. Since 1975, he had been in charge of the research and development of laser typesetting systems in the Chinese language and of electronic publishing systems. Surpassing Japan

Japan

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's second-generation optical designation and the third-generation CRT

Cathode ray tube

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 designation, the fourth-generation laser typesetting system he invented has not yet come onto the market in other countries. Thus he is dubbed "the Father of Chinese Language Laser Typesetting".