3 Young SJTU Professors Die of Illness

3 Young SJTU Professors Die of Illness
A security guard standing at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University library entrance in Shanghai on Aug. 3, 2010. Philippe Lopez/AFP via Getty Images
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Three young professors at Shanghai Jiao Tong University have died in the past three months.

They are Zhang Weiping, 51, deputy director of the National Key Laboratory of Micro/Nano machine Technology; Lai Xinmin, 58, director of the National Engineering Research Center for Automotive Power and Intelligent Contro; and Zhao Gang, 48, chief physician of gastrointestinal surgery at Renji Hospital in Shanghai. All three were members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Deputy Director of National Key Laboratory Died

On March 21, the School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering of Shanghai Jiao Tong University issued a donation proposal, disclosing that Zhang Weiping, a CCP member, researcher of the School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), and deputy director of the National Key Laboratory, died on March 10 at the age of 51 due to a sudden illness. The notice advises teachers from SJTU to help Zhang’s family overcome the difficulties.
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