On February 13, 2006 (January 16, 2006 in the lunar calendar), Wang Xuan, academician of China Academy of Sciences and China Academy of Engineering, passed away. Wang Xuan Wang Xuan (1937-2006) Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Born in February 1937, from Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, member of Jiusan Society, graduated from the Department of Mathematical Mechanics, Peking University, majoring in computational mathematics, university degree, professor, academician of China Academy of Sciences, and academician of China Academy of Engineering. In 1958, he graduated from the Department of Mathematical Mechanics, Peking University, majoring in computational mathematics. From 1995 to 1996, he was Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of Jiusan Society, Director of the Institute of Computer Science at Peking University, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Founder Holdings Co., Ltd. From 1996 to 1998, he was Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of Jiusan Society, Vice Chairman of China Association for Science and Technology, Director of the Institute of Computer Research at Peking University, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Founder Holdings Co., Ltd. In 1998, he served as Vice Chairman of the Education, Culture, and Health Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Jiusan Society, Vice Chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology, and Vice Chairman of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in March 2003. Wang Xuan is the founder and technical leader of the Chinese character laser phototypesetting system. The Chinese character laser phototypesetting system developed by the scientific research group he led laid the foundation for the computerization of the entire process of news and publishing, and was praised as the "second invention of Chinese character printing." In 1992, Wang Xuan successfully developed the world's first Chinese color phototypesetting system. He has won many awards such as the Gold Medal of the Geneva International Invention Exhibition, the Gold Medal of China Patent Invention, the UNESCO Science Award, and the National Special Prize for Major Technical Equipment Development. He won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award twice in 1987 and 1995; It was included in the top ten national scientific and technological achievements twice in 1985 and 1995, and is the only project in China that has received national awards four times. He himself was awarded the title of National Expert with Outstanding Contributions, and was awarded the National and Beijing City Model Worker many times. In 1987, he won the highest honorary awards in China's printing industry-the Bi Sheng Award and the Shinzo Mori Award. In 1995, he won the He Liang He Liki Gold Medal, and in 2001, he won the National Science and Technology Award.