China Academy of Art, also translated as China National Academy of Fine Arts, was founded in Hangzhou in 1928 by the government of the Republic of China and the renowned educator Cai Yuanpei. It was the first art university and first graduate school in Chinese history. In 2016, the Academy has been approved to be jointly-administrated by Zhejiang Provincial Government, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture. It is a Chinese state Double First Class University Plan university.
Opuntia dillenii is a species of prickly pear native to the tropical and subtropical Americas. It is naturalized in many other parts of the world. It differs from O. stricta by having more spines per areole.
Cameraria is a genus of plants in family Apocynaceae, first described for modern science by Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to southern Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies.
Gastrodia elata is a saprophytic perennial herb in the family Orchidaceae. It is found in Nepal, Bhutan, India, Japan, North Korea, Siberia, Taiwan, and China.
Gaultheria nummularioides is a species of plant in the family Ericaceae. It is distributed across India, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, Indonesia, and Southwest China. The plant grows in areas between 1,700 and 3,000 m above sea level, and grows better on rocky mountainsides and weed tree forests. This species has been cultivated as an ornamental in Britain, the United States, and elsewhere for some decades.
Li Zhimin (李志民 or 李凤瑞 or 李明阶; pinyin: Lǐ Zhìmín or Lǐ Fèngruì or Lǐ Míngjiē; July 9, 1906 – November 16, 1987) was a general of the People's Liberation Army from Liuyang, Hunan. Li was the former political commissar and director for the Political Department of the Chinese People's Volunteers.
Du Xinyuan (1905–1985) birth name Du Chunren, was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Wutai County, Xinzhou, Shanxi Province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1927, while studying at Beijing Normal University. He was CPPCC Committee Chairman of Sichuan Province. He was a delegate to the 4th, 5th and 6th National People's Congress.
Yan Dakai was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Laoting County, Hebei. He was CPPCC Committee Chairman of his home province (1964–1967) and Tianjin (1979–1980). He was a delegate to the 4th National People's Congress and 5th National People's Congress and a member of the Central Advisory Commission.
Wei Lijie is a Chinese Antarctic researcher, best known for her work on the paleontology and stratigraphy of Tibet and the Antarctic.
Fanchengdui is an archaeological site located in Zhangshu city in the province of Jiangxi, China. It is located upstream on the secondary tributary of the Gan River. The Fanchengdui site is located about 23 km east of another archaeological site, Shinianshan. The river Meng flows through the south part of the Shinianshan site roughly from northwest to southeast, before entering a primary tributary of Gan, Yuanshui. Near Fanchengdui the two rivers and Xiaojiang meet, and together they enter Gan river.
Shehua is an unclassified Sinitic language spoken by the She people of Southeastern China. It is also called Shanha, San-hak (山哈) or Shanhahua (山哈话). Shehua speakers are located mainly in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces of Southeastern China, with smaller numbers of speakers in a few locations of Jiangxi, Guangdong and Anhui provinces.
Prunus pseudocerasus or Prunus pseudo-cerasus, the Chinese sour cherry or just Chinese cherry, is a species of cherry native to China and is used worldwide as an ornamental for its early spring cherry blossoms. The fruits of some cultivars are edible.
Ma Dawei is a Chinese chemist and research professor at the Shanghai institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
Ma Lan is a Chinese biologist and the current chairwoman of the Institute of Brain Science, Fudan University.
Chen Wenxin was a Chinese biologist specializing in soil microorganisms and bacterial taxonomy, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Some English-language sources cite her as "Wen Xin Chen" or as "Wen-Xin Chen".
Cirsium hosokawai is a flowering plant of the family Asteraceae endemic to Taiwan and found in alpine meadows above 3,500 meters in elevation.
Cirsium kawakamii is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. In Chinese, it is known as the Yushan thistle, named for Yushan.
Cirsium arisanense is an endemic flowering plant of Taiwan within the family Asteraceae. Its common name in Chinese, the Alishan thistle, as well as its species name, refer to the Alishan Range. C. arisanense grows at an elevation of 2,300 meters, near mountain summits.
Polygonatum arisanense is a flowering plant within the Asparagaceae family. The species is endemic to Taiwan and is found in areas around 1,500 meters in elevation. Its Chinese common name and species name refer to the Alishan Range.
Chrysanthemum arisanense is a flowering pant within the Asteraceae family. It is also known as Dendranthema arisanense. Both species names and its two Chinese common names refer to the Alishan Range C. arisanense is endemic to Taiwan and is found at elevations between 1,600 and 3,200 meters.
