On April 2nd, in celebration of his centenary, renowned physicist and member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Ye Minghan, donated 3 million RMB to establish the "Ye Minghan Fund" through the Education Foundation of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), aimed at rewarding young researchers at the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to support their research in high-energy physics.
"The reason for my father's donation is simple. Developing high-energy physics in China was his lifelong passion, for which he dedicated his entire life. He often said, 'The future development of high-energy physics in China will rely on the continuous efforts of generations of young scholars,' which is why he decided to establish the 'Ye Minghan Fund' using his limited savings," said Ye Ruyin, daughter of Ye Minghan, at the academic seminar "Mr. Ye Minghan and Beijing Spectrometer Physics."
Zhao Shuo, Secretary-General of the UCAS Education Foundation, introduced that the UCAS Education Foundation serves as a public welfare platform for both UCAS and various research institutes of the CAS. So far, nearly 80% of the training units have established public welfare projects here. This is the fifth public welfare project donated by scientists from IHEP to the UCAS Education Foundation.
Ye Minghan, a prominent Chinese physicist and expert in particle detection technology, serves as the Director of the Advisory Committee of the Chinese National Center for Advanced Science and Technology and an outstanding member of the China Democratic League. He has previously served as the director of IHEP, president of the High Energy Physics Division of the Chinese Physical Society, and chairman of the Nuclear Electronics and Nuclear Detection Technology Division of the Chinese Nuclear Society.
Born on April 2, 1925, in Shanghai, Ye Minghan graduated from the Department of Physics at Tsinghua University in 1949. That same year, he enrolled as a master's student at Tsinghua University Graduate School under the supervision of physicist Qian Sanqiang, conducting research on cyclotron-related technologies.
In 1982, Ye Minghan began to lead the development of the large-scale high-energy physics experiment particle detection device, the Beijing Spectrometer. He was one of the key scientific leaders of China's first large-scale scientific device—the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider and the Beijing Spectrometer, making significant contributions to the construction of China's nuclear physics experimental base and high-energy physics experimental base, as well as establishing a presence in the field of high-energy physics research worldwide.
Since 1994, Ye Minghan has "retired but not stopped." At the suggestion of Nobel laureate physicist Li Zhengdao, he joined the Chinese National Center for Advanced Science and Technology and promoted the development of basic scientific research in China by establishing academic exchange platforms.
Yè Mínghàn. Image provided by the Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
