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Remembrance is a way to keep the deceased in our hearts. It also represents hope for the future. In the past year， we lost some great yet low-profile， familiar and sincere people. Some of the most memorable include Huang Danian， a famous geophysicist， Zhou Youguang， hailed as the “father of pinyin，”Ren Xinmin， one of the four Chinese aerospace pioneers， Yang Jie， director of the influential television series Journey to the West， Wu Wenjun， a mathematician and one of the founders of topology in China， Qian Qichen， former vice premier of the State Council who established the country’s diplomatic spokesperson system， Zhang Yuhua， one of the eight founding generals who saluted veterans at the September 3 military parade， Nan Rendong， a scientist who built the first Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope （FAST） for China， Zhou Yongchang， a pioneer of ultrasonic medicine， and Yu Kwang-chung， a“nostalgic poet” in Taiwan.
Although they were committed to different fields， they all enjoyed what they were doing and contributed years of unremitting， painstaking efforts. They contributed tremendously to world civilization by painting Chinese civilization with unique colors， with their written language， words， formulas and images.
Nobody knows for sure how many days and nights they worked to free their minds. Some seized the opportunity to return to their homeland， giving up fame and riches for a chance to give back to the motherland. Their outstanding contributions and remarkable achievements， as well as their noble and sincere character， have touched our hearts. They are immortal legends and monuments of the times.
We lose people， but love is long. At the dawn of the new year， let us follow their noble examples and move forward as better people.
Huang Danian
（August 28， 1958-January 8， 2017）
Professor Huang Danian， a famous Chinese geophysicist， coordinated China’s cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary technical resources and teams in a first-time bid to accelerate the country’s research and development of fast-moving platform detection technology and equipment to tackle technical bottlenecks. He was hailed a “model of a new era” in science and technology for those who returned from overseas to serve the motherland.
Zhou Youguang
（January 13， 1906-January 14， 2017）
Zhou Youguang was a famous Chinese linguist fluent in four languages—Chinese， English， French and Japanese. His participation in the design of the Chinese phonetic alphabet won him the reputation as the “father of pinyin，” a system that became the standard romanization of Mandarin Chinese. In 1955， he served as head of a committee to reform the Chinese language， later known as the State Language Commission. Over the years， he published more than 20 linguistic monographs such as On the Reform of Chinese Characters and History of the Worldwide Development of Writing. Ren Xinmin
（December 5， 1915-February 12， 2017 ）
A Chinese specialist in missile systems and liquid rocket engine technology， Ren Xinmin was a key pioneer of China’s missile and space technology and one of the founding fathers of the country’s indigenous atomic and hydrogen bomb programs and man-made satellite systems， cementing him as one of the “Four Elders of China’s Aerospace Program” and recipient of the “Two Bombs and One Satellite” Merit Medal， the highest honor of the aerospace industry， for his fifty-year contribution. He served as the chief engineer of six large-scale aerospace projects， including the FY-1 Meteorological Satellite.
Yang Jie
（April 7， 1929-April 15， 2017）
A first-generation Chinese TV director and producer， Yang Jie was the chief director of the country’s first mythological TV series Journey to the West （1986 edition）. She ranked first on the Top 10 TV Directors list issued by the China Television Directors Committee， which also honored her with its Award for Outstanding Achievements. Since it premiered in 1986， her Journey to the West has been repeatedly broadcast for 30 years.
Wu Wenjun
（May 12， 1919-May 7， 2017）
A well-known Chinese mathematician and academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences， Wu Wenjun made remarkable contributions to two fields： topology and mathematical mechanization， laying the groundwork for the development of topology in China. His research produced the eponymous “Wu formula，” which is still widely cited by international colleagues.
Qian Qichen
（January 1928-May 9， 2017）
Widely popular in the international political arena as a diplomat and statesman， Qian Qichen served as state councilor and vice premier of China’s State Council during his political career. Based on his own experience， Qian summed up complex diplomacy as two important events： seeking peace for mankind； and making friends all over the world on equal terms to create a favorable environment for the development of the motherland. After retiring in 2003， he documented the most important diplomatic events he witnessed in a memoir， Ten Episodes in China’s Diplomacy， which was published in 2004.
Zhang Yuhua （1916-September 10， 2017）
Zhang Yuhua was one of the founding generals of China and former deputy political commissar of the Nanjing Military Region of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army（PLA）. After retiring in 1986， he remained devoted to charity for more than 20 years. He donated 400，000 yuan （about US$61，000） out of his own income to poverty-stricken people and schools across the country， winning him the title of“Honored Philanthropist” in 2012. On September 3， 2015， he was honored to return to Tian’anmen Square to participate in the military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
Nan Rendong
（February 1945-September 15， 2017）
Nan Rendong was the chief scientist and chief engineer of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope （FAST） project. In May 2017， he won the National Innovation Award.
Zhou Yongchang was one of China’s first-generation scientists devoted to ultrasound medicine. In 1964， he published an essay on the application of ultrasound in the diagnosis of early pregnancy， which was considered the first of its kind worldwide. He won the “medical ultrasound pioneer” award from the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and the Chinese Association of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering.
Yu Kwang-chung
（October 21， 1928-December 14， 2017）
Yu Kwang-chung was an outstanding poet， essayist， critic and translator， who had taught at many universities and colleges. Over more than half a century， Yu published over 40 books including poems and translations. Liang Shih-chiu （1903-1987）， a renowned Chinese educator， writer， translator， literary theorist and lexicographer， once praised him as “writing poems with his right hand and prose with his left hand—unparalleled for some time.”
Although they were committed to different fields， they all enjoyed what they were doing and contributed years of unremitting， painstaking efforts. They contributed tremendously to world civilization by painting Chinese civilization with unique colors， with their written language， words， formulas and images.
Nobody knows for sure how many days and nights they worked to free their minds. Some seized the opportunity to return to their homeland， giving up fame and riches for a chance to give back to the motherland. Their outstanding contributions and remarkable achievements， as well as their noble and sincere character， have touched our hearts. They are immortal legends and monuments of the times.
We lose people， but love is long. At the dawn of the new year， let us follow their noble examples and move forward as better people.
Huang Danian
（August 28， 1958-January 8， 2017）
Professor Huang Danian， a famous Chinese geophysicist， coordinated China’s cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary technical resources and teams in a first-time bid to accelerate the country’s research and development of fast-moving platform detection technology and equipment to tackle technical bottlenecks. He was hailed a “model of a new era” in science and technology for those who returned from overseas to serve the motherland.
Zhou Youguang
（January 13， 1906-January 14， 2017）
Zhou Youguang was a famous Chinese linguist fluent in four languages—Chinese， English， French and Japanese. His participation in the design of the Chinese phonetic alphabet won him the reputation as the “father of pinyin，” a system that became the standard romanization of Mandarin Chinese. In 1955， he served as head of a committee to reform the Chinese language， later known as the State Language Commission. Over the years， he published more than 20 linguistic monographs such as On the Reform of Chinese Characters and History of the Worldwide Development of Writing. Ren Xinmin
（December 5， 1915-February 12， 2017 ）
A Chinese specialist in missile systems and liquid rocket engine technology， Ren Xinmin was a key pioneer of China’s missile and space technology and one of the founding fathers of the country’s indigenous atomic and hydrogen bomb programs and man-made satellite systems， cementing him as one of the “Four Elders of China’s Aerospace Program” and recipient of the “Two Bombs and One Satellite” Merit Medal， the highest honor of the aerospace industry， for his fifty-year contribution. He served as the chief engineer of six large-scale aerospace projects， including the FY-1 Meteorological Satellite.
Yang Jie
（April 7， 1929-April 15， 2017）
A first-generation Chinese TV director and producer， Yang Jie was the chief director of the country’s first mythological TV series Journey to the West （1986 edition）. She ranked first on the Top 10 TV Directors list issued by the China Television Directors Committee， which also honored her with its Award for Outstanding Achievements. Since it premiered in 1986， her Journey to the West has been repeatedly broadcast for 30 years.
Wu Wenjun
（May 12， 1919-May 7， 2017）
A well-known Chinese mathematician and academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences， Wu Wenjun made remarkable contributions to two fields： topology and mathematical mechanization， laying the groundwork for the development of topology in China. His research produced the eponymous “Wu formula，” which is still widely cited by international colleagues.
Qian Qichen
（January 1928-May 9， 2017）
Widely popular in the international political arena as a diplomat and statesman， Qian Qichen served as state councilor and vice premier of China’s State Council during his political career. Based on his own experience， Qian summed up complex diplomacy as two important events： seeking peace for mankind； and making friends all over the world on equal terms to create a favorable environment for the development of the motherland. After retiring in 2003， he documented the most important diplomatic events he witnessed in a memoir， Ten Episodes in China’s Diplomacy， which was published in 2004.
Zhang Yuhua （1916-September 10， 2017）
Zhang Yuhua was one of the founding generals of China and former deputy political commissar of the Nanjing Military Region of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army（PLA）. After retiring in 1986， he remained devoted to charity for more than 20 years. He donated 400，000 yuan （about US$61，000） out of his own income to poverty-stricken people and schools across the country， winning him the title of“Honored Philanthropist” in 2012. On September 3， 2015， he was honored to return to Tian’anmen Square to participate in the military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
Nan Rendong
（February 1945-September 15， 2017）
Nan Rendong was the chief scientist and chief engineer of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope （FAST） project. In May 2017， he won the National Innovation Award.
Zhou Yongchang was one of China’s first-generation scientists devoted to ultrasound medicine. In 1964， he published an essay on the application of ultrasound in the diagnosis of early pregnancy， which was considered the first of its kind worldwide. He won the “medical ultrasound pioneer” award from the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and the Chinese Association of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering.
Yu Kwang-chung
（October 21， 1928-December 14， 2017）
Yu Kwang-chung was an outstanding poet， essayist， critic and translator， who had taught at many universities and colleges. Over more than half a century， Yu published over 40 books including poems and translations. Liang Shih-chiu （1903-1987）， a renowned Chinese educator， writer， translator， literary theorist and lexicographer， once praised him as “writing poems with his right hand and prose with his left hand—unparalleled for some time.”