On October 3, 2017 (August 14, 2017 in the lunar calendar), He Fang, the former director of the Institute of Japanese Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, passed away at the age of 95. Data map: He Fang, the former director of the Institute of Japanese Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, passed away at 2:10 am on October 3, 2017 in Beijing at the age of 95. According to the official website of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, He Fang was born in 1922, a native of Lintong, Shaanxi, and a member of the Communist Party of China. In 1938, He Fang went to Yan'an to study and work at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University. In 1945, he graduated from the Russian Department of Yan'an College of Foreign Languages. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he went to the Northeast and successively served as the head of the propaganda department of the county party committee and the deputy secretary of the provincial youth committee. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, He Fang entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs He was wrongly treated in 1959 and rehabilitated in 1978. After that, He Fang served as the director of the Institute of Japanese Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences for 8 years, and then served as the deputy director general of the Center for International Studies of the State Council for 7 years. He retired at the end of 1998. He Fang was hired as an adjunct professor by Peking University in 1984, and later at Nankai University. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Institute of Far East Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1993. He is a member of the 7th and 8th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He Fang served as the vice president of the Sino-Soviet Union and China-Russia Friendship Association for 10 years, and also served as a senior consultant of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and