Liang Xi

Liang Xi, formerly known as Xi, with the character Suowu; later changed his name to Xi, with the character Shuwu (or Shuwu), and the pen names Fan Seng, Yiding, Ah Wu, etc. Born on December 28, 1883 in a scholarly family in Shuanglin Town, Wuxing County, Zhejiang Province (now Nanxun District, Huzhou City). He lost his father when he was young and studied in a private school at the beginning. Later, he studied in Ronghu Academy. He was diligent and studious since childhood, and he was extremely intelligent. He was admitted to the high school at the age of 16, and was known as the "Two Zhejiang Talents".

From 1913 to 1916, he studied forestry at the Faculty of Agriculture, Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan. In 1923, he went to the Higher Forestry School of Tarante in Germany (now the Department of Forestry of Dresden University) to study the chemistry of forest products manufacturing. He returned to China in 1927. Minister and researcher of the Ministry of Forestry. He put forward the idea of comprehensively developing forestry, giving full play to various benefits of forests, and serving the construction of the national economy. He personally conducted in-depth research and led the formulation of forestry work policies and construction plans in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. He initially established forestry administration, scientific research, education and production systems across the country, which promoted the vigorous development of forestry in New China. He has long been engaged in experimental research in pine fat extraction, camphor manufacturing, tung oil extraction, wood dry distillation, etc., and established the discipline of chemistry of forest products manufacturing in China. In 1955

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Liang Xi is a famous forester, forestry educator and social activist in our country, and one of the outstanding pioneers of modern forestry and forestry. He spent most of his life engaged in forestry education and forest product chemistry research. In his later years, he was appointed as the minister of the Forest Reclamation Department of the Central People's Government (later changed to the Forest Department), and also held some leadership positions in the scientific and technological circles and democratic parties. His main achievements are to cultivate a large number of forestry scientific and technological talents, pioneered forest product manufacturing chemistry in China, disseminated new forestry science theories, and put forward the direction of forestry construction to comprehensively develop forestry and green the whole of China, which pushed China's forestry construction to a new stage.