On this day 97 years ago, on December 21, 1928 (November 10, 1928 in the lunar calendar), Chinese nuclear chemist Wang Fangding was born. Wang Fangding On December 21, 1928, Chinese nuclear chemist Wang Fangding was born. Wang Fangding, male, born in 1928, is a native of Zigong, Sichuan. He graduated from Chongqing Nankai University Middle School in 1947. He is a researcher and doctoral supervisor of the Chinese Academy of Atomic Energy. He graduated from the Department of Chemical Engineering of Sichuan Institute of Chemical Technology (merged into Chengdu Institute of Technology in 1954) in 1953. In 1958, he began to engage in radiochemical work in the development of nuclear weapons. He developed neutron source materials for triggering atomic bomb chain nuclear reactions and applied to ignition components of nuclear weapons. Delegate to the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, member of the 8th and 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He has won a number of national invention awards. Winner of the National "May Day" Labor Medal. Elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991.