Shanghai Lost Three Academicians and 17 Professors in 2024

Mourners gather outside memorial halls for the deceased at a funeral home in Shanghai, China, on Dec. 31, 2022. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images

So far in 2024, at least 20 renowned scholars in Shanghai have died of illness, including three academicians. Among them, 12 were members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and four were under 60 years old.

Chen Xuehua, deputy chief physician of the Department of Respiratory Medicine at Fudan University’s Zhongshan Hospital, died on March 16 at the age of 55.