He was the first Chinese to get the "Meteorological Nobel Prize", and made a proud saying: "Let foreigners come to us with us" | Time letter

Author:Beijing Science Center Time:2022.07.10

Today, weather forecast has become a news that each of us will be viewed before going out, but we can enjoy such a complete and accurate weather prediction, which is inseparable from the effort and wisdom given by a generation of meteorologists.

In the history of meteorological science in New China, there is such a meteorological scientist -Ye Dazheng. He has worked his life and specializes in his life. He once made a proud saying: "Let foreigners come to us with us."

Ye Duzheng's work photo

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In 2003, Ye Du was reviewing the article "Talking about the past, present, and future of the Chinese nation from my life", reviewing the humiliation of the Chinese during the War of Resistance Against Japan, and discrimination during the work of studying in the United States. He said, "China really stands up in the world."

If someone asks me, "You can be considered very rich in your life, what do you feel the deepest?" I would say, "When I see the news that President Bush Bush Bush Bush uses China as a strategic opponent", I will think about the news of the United States. I feel that China has really stood up in the world, and I have never felt the humiliation of China being stepped on my feet. "

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When the nation was in danger, Ye Duzheng was actively participating in the student movement. To this end, he was almost fired by the school when he graduated from middle school. It was also during middle school that Ye Du set the goal of scientific reporting to the country. He said: "The science education of Nankai Middle School is very good, and it has cultivated my interest in science. The Chinese are really bullied too much! I feel that many feet step on me, I can't get angry. "

Photos of Ye Duzheng when he graduated from middle school in 1935

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In the autumn of 1943, Ye Duzheng went to the Department of Meteorological of the University of Chicago, and studied in the Meteorological Department of the University of Chicago. After graduating from a PhD in 1949, he decided to reserve the high salary of the US Meteorological Administration and returned to China in 1950.

In 1948, Ye Dazheng's graduation photo of the University of Chicago

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Back in China, Ye Duzheng quickly invested in the preparation of my country's atmospheric scientific research institutions, opened a series of innovative theories, and instructed the construction of China's meteorological business system.

In 1979, Ye Duzheng led the Chinese Meteorological Troupe to visit the United States. A friend of a former classmate asked: "Do you regret it?" Ye Dazheng said: "I don't regret it now: First, I am Chinese, I do things to China, I do things for China, Do things for the Chinese people; second, the United States will not give me such a stage to make opinions and plan. "

In seventy years, Ye Duzheng made great contributions to the development of Chinese atmospheric physics and the development of global climate change, and at the same time cultivated many excellent meteorologists.