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{{short description|Chinese botanist}}
'''Chen Hang''' ([[Traditional Chinese]]: 陳杭; [[Simplified Chinese]]: 陈杭)  was born in 1931. She is a [[botanist]] and [[horticulturist]].

== Career ==

Chen was born in Guangde County, [[Anhui Province]]. In 1949, she studied in the Department of Horticulture, [[Zhejiang University]]. In 1953, she graduated from the Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang Agricultural College (previous and current Zhejiang University.

Chen has worked in [[Beijing]] for a long time. Chen is a main founder of the modern Beijing Vegetable Research Center (BVRC; 北京蔬菜研究中心), and she is the current Director of the center. Chen is the Vice-president and a researcher of the Beijing Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute ({{lang|zh|北京農林科學院/北京农林科学院}}). She is also a part-time [[professor]] at Zhejiang University.<ref>Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University: [http://www.cab.zju.edu.cn/cabyy/index7.htm Notable alumni - Chen Hang] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721204843/http://www.cab.zju.edu.cn/cabyy/index7.htm |date=2011-07-21 }}</ref>

== Recognition ==

Chen is a director of the Chinese Horticultural Society.

In 1990, Chen was awarded the [[The Veitch Memorial Medal|Veitch Memorial Medal]] (Gold), by the [[Royal Horticultural Society]] (RHS). She is the first Chinese to receive this honour.<ref>[https://www.wwww.rhs.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/92535A31-A7AA-4863-93DE-2DAE2D93AB96/0/RHSManual.pdf 2007 Manual - List of winners]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
</ref><ref>[http://www.bjkw.gov.cn/n1143/n1240/n1465/n2261/n240731/n242110/406386.html 陈杭获英国皇家园艺会维希特金奖] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707031706/http://www.bjkw.gov.cn/n1143/n1240/n1465/n2261/n240731/n242110/406386.html |date=July 7, 2011 }}</ref>

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[[Category:Educators from Anhui]]
[[Category:People from Guangde]]
[[Category:Biologists from Anhui]]


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