Renowned expert in the field of microwave remote sensing in China, and member of the Chinese Communist Party, Li Chunsheng passed away suddenly during a conference, becoming another suspicious case of a technology expert who died unexpectedly recently.
On May 19, the funeral committee of Li Chunsheng at Beihang University in Beijing released an obituary stating that Li Chunsheng, a member of the Chinese Communist Party, a renowned expert in the field of microwave remote sensing in China, and a professor at the School of Electronics and Information Engineering at Beihang University, passed away on May 17 in Hefei due to illness during an academic conference at the age of 63.
The obituary described Li Chunsheng as a lifelong lover of the Party and the country, but did not mention the cause of his death.
Born in Tianjin in 1963, Li Chunsheng joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1984. He obtained his master’s and doctoral degrees from Beihang University in 1991 and 1998. He started teaching at the university in 1984, became an associate professor in 1993, and a professor in 2005. He had served as a member of the school’s academic committee, vice leader of several core expert groups in the field of microwave remote sensing in China, and the chief scientist of the 973 Program.
Recently, there have been numerous suspicious cases of well-known experts and scholars in various fields in China dying suddenly, sparking attention and speculation from the public.
Nanjing University of the Arts announced on May 17 that Professor and doctoral supervisor Yin Wuming passed away at the age of 45 due to sudden respiratory and heart failure on the evening of May 16.
On the morning of May 18, several mainland media outlets including The Paper reported that Liu Xi, an associate professor and master’s supervisor in the Department of Communication at the School of Law and Humanities at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, passed away suddenly at the age of 44 on the early morning of May 16.
The deaths of two professors on May 16 garnered attention, with many netizens expressing sorrow.
In the past few months, there has been a spate of sudden deaths among elite individuals in mainland China, including those in the younger generations like those born in the 70s and 80s. The casualties include experts and professors in the technology field, celebrities in the art circle, as well as local administrative officials. For instance, on May 9, Director Zhang Beiping of the Spleen Stomach Department at Guangdong Provincial Hospital died at the age of 52; On April 18, Associate Professor Chen Hao of Peking University passed away at the age of 42; On April 15, Dr. Du Xiaohua, a respiratory medicine expert at the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, also passed away at the age of 50 due to illness.
On April 8, Li Haibo, an expert in nanomaterials and optoelectronic materials in China and a professor at Ningxia University, passed away suddenly at the age of 41, with the cause of death undisclosed.
According to the official website of Ningxia University, Li Haibo was born in 1984. He currently serves as the deputy director of the Testing and Analysis Center at Ningxia University, a professor specializing in nanomaterials, electrochemistry, optoelectronic materials, and teaches courses on “Semiconductor Materials and Devices.” He has been honored with titles such as “Model of Moral Integrity” at the school and awards like the “Innovative Talent Award” from the China Overseas Chinese Federation.