Zhao,Zisen
Zhao Zisen
Zhao Zisen, male, born in February, 1932, Professorate Senior Engineer
and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Graduated from
Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1953, worked as a teacher in Wuhan
Telecom School from 1954 and a lecturer in Wuhan College of Posts and
Telecommunications from 1958, worked in Wuhan Research Institute of
Posts and Telecommunications (WRI) from 1974 to 1993, successively
holding the posts of Deputy Director of the Research Laboratory, Head of
Institute of Optical Communications and Deputy Chief Engineer, Chief
Engineer as well as Chief Engineer and Deputy Head of Wuhan Research
Institute of Posts and Telecommunications (WRI) and has been a Senior
Technical Adviser since 1993. He was also a member of the Presidiums of
the sixth, seventh and eighth National People's Congress from 1983 to
1997 and has been a counselor of People’s Government of Wuhan City since
1999. Since 2000, he has been a professor and doctoral supervisor of
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, a standing committee
member of Science and Technology Council under Ministry of Posts and
Telecommunications, Execute Director of China Institute of
Communications, Director of Professional Group on Optical Communication,
Vice-Chairman of Hubei Association for Science & Technology and the
Chief Scientist of Optics Valley of China.
As one of the scholars who are first to research into optical
communication in our country, academician Zhao Zisen raised up optical
communication in 1973 when optical communication has not been put into
application internationally. He developed the first practical optical
fiber cable and the first set of optical fiber communication system in
our country in Wuhan Research Institute of Posts and Telecommunications
and formed industrial production and used them for engineering
construction. As the leader of the General Optical Communication Expert
Team of State Scientific and Technological Commission and the Director
of National Technical Committee on Optical Fiber Communication
Engineering, he has participated in drafting the “6th five years”, “7th five years”, “8th five years” and “9th
five years” National R&D Plans for Optical Fiber Communication
successively; as the Chief Technical Leader and Chief Designer, he has
finished six national key optical cable communication projects and those
of Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, such as the first
practical 8Mb/s, 34Mb/s and 140Mb/s of our country successively and has
been responsible for and completed the Aerial Optical Cable Project
(Beijing-Wuhan-Guangzhou), the longest in the world at present, making
the optical fiber communication technology get the large area promotion
and application with significant benefits and economic benefits
achieved. His Principles of Digital Optical Fiber Communication System,
the first book in our country, was exhibited in Moscow and Frank Ford
(voice) as an excellent book of science and technology of our country.
His Principle of Single Mode Optical Fiber Communication System
won the second prize of National Excellent Scientific Publications.
Over the past several decades, he has totally published more than 50
papers and written and co-written 10 books. He has also visited many
countries and regions, such as Europe and America many times on behalf
of our optical communication field and conducted academic exchanges on
both the international and domestic communication conferences many
times. His research achievements won 3 second prizes of National Prize
for Progress in Science and 3 first prizes of Prize for Progress in
Science of .Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. He was honored as
National Experts with Outstanding Contributions and Special Class Model
Workers of Hubei Province and Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
etc. and been awarded with the National “May 1” Labor Medal etc.
