Ye Zhengda

Ye Zhengda (Chinese: 叶正大; 22 August 1927 – 14 December 2017) was a Chinese aircraft designer and lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army Air Force. He was also an adjunct professor and senior engineer at Northwestern Polytechnical University. He was a member of the 10th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and a delegate to the 5th National People's Congress.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ye.
Ye Zhengda
叶正大
Ye Zhengda and wife Ren Yue in Moscow (1954)
Personal details
Born
Ye Funong (叶福农)

(1927-08-22)August 22, 1927
Shanghai, China
DiedDecember 14, 2017(2017-12-14) (aged 90)
Beijing, China
Political partyCommunist Party of China
Spouse(s)Ren Yue
ParentsYe Ting
Li Xiuwen
Alma materMoscow Aviation Institute
AwardsVictory Medal (1998)
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Air Force
Years of service1955–1998
Ranklieutenant general
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese葉正大
Simplified Chinese叶正大

Biography
Ye Ting's family in Macau in 1939. Ye Ting is first from the left and Ye Zhengda is second from the left.

Ye was born Ye Funong (叶福农) on 22 August 1927 in Shanghai, with his ancestral home in Huiyang, Guangdong.[1] He was the first of nine children of the famous general Ye Ting and his wife Li Xiuwen, who both died in a plane crash in 1946. His siblings included Ye Zhengming (叶正明, 1931-2003), Ye Huaming (叶华明, born 1935), Ye Jianmei (叶剑梅, 1937-1993), Ye Yangmei (叶扬眉, 1936-1946), Ye Zhengguang (叶正光, born 1939), and Ye Qiguang (born 1942).[2]

In 1947, Ye attended a Russian-language school in northeastern China founded by the Northeast Democratic United Army. He joined the Communist Party of China in the following year. He graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute in 1955, where he majored in aircraft production.[2]

In August 1956, China established its first aircraft design office at Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, with Xu Shunshou as director. Ye Zhengda and Huang Zhiqian were appointed deputy directors. He participated in the design of China's first trainer jet, the Shenyang JJ-1.[3]

He later served as deputy dean of the Six Research Institute of the PRC Ministry of National Defense, deputy director of Defense Industry of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, deputy director of the Science and Technology Committee of the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, and director of the 2nd and 3rd Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He was awarded the military rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in 1988. He retired in 1998.[4]

On December 14, 2017, he died in Beijing.[2]

Personal life

Ye Zhengda married Ren Yue (Chinese: 任岳), an actress of the August First Film Studio, in Moscow.[4]

Awards
  • Special Prize of the National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology
  • Second Prize of the National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology
  • First Prize for Military Scientific Research Achievements of the People's Liberation Army (PLA)
  • Second Prize of Military Scientific Research Achievements of the People's Liberation Army (PLA)
  • 1998 - Victory Medal

References
  1. "哀悼！新中国航空工业开拓者叶正大逝世". China Aviation News. 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  2. 叶挺将军之子、原国防科工委科技委副主任叶正大逝世. Thepaper (in Chinese). 2017-12-15.
  3. "哀悼！叶挺之子、第一代飞机设计师叶正大离开了我们". Tencent. 2017-12-17. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  4. 叶正大：一代飞机一代魂. globalview.cn (in Chinese). 2016-08-09.
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