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broke out and Japanese warplanes bombed the Xiyuan Barracks of the Chinese 29th Army on 28 July 1937. As the Gu family lived near the barracks, their house was shaken by the explosions. Songfen recalled watching the bombs fall out of the planes, before adults urged him to hide under the dining table.
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Gu was transferred to Beijing in 1986 to serve as Deputy Director of the national government's Aviation Industry and Technology Commission. In this capacity, he participated in planning the future development of China's aviation industry. In June 2001, Gu,
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1966, but the J-8 completed its maiden flight on 5 July 1969, which is considered another milestone in the development of China's aviation industry. In November 1985, the J-8 project won the Special Prize of the
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Gu graduated from university in 1951, and was assigned to work for the newly established Aviation Industry Bureau of the Ministry of Heavy Industry, under China's top aircraft designers
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In October 1964, the Chinese government decided to design and build its first high-speed, high-altitude
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In August 1956, the Aviation Industry Bureau established the PRC's first airplane design office in
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crash in 1965, Gu succeeded him as chief designer. The project was delayed by the outbreak of the
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Gu Songfen (front right) with his parents and older brother at Yenching University, winter 1935
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He attributes this experience as the main reason he decided to become an aircraft designer.
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for Science and Technology Progress. He was elected a delegate to the 7th, 8th, and 9th
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and more than a dozen other scientists proposed the development of China's own
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To escape Japanese occupation, in 1938 Gu Tinglong moved the family to the
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group. The office's first task was to design and build a jet trainer, the
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as deputy directors. Gu, then 26 years old, was appointed head of the
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By 1977, Gu was chief designer and vice president of the
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took its maiden flight ten years later, on 5 May 2017.
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Founding members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
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He participated in the design of the 1540: 1294: 765: 681: 679: 677: 675: 595:Gu was elected an academician of the 344:; born 4 February 1930) is a Chinese 16:Chinese aircraft designer (born 1930) 1322:Highest Science and Technology Award 711: 709: 707: 673: 671: 669: 667: 665: 663: 661: 659: 657: 655: 630: 628: 636:"Gu Songfen - Distinguished Alumni" 13: 561:Shenyang Aircraft Design Institute 371:and is an academician of both the 369:Shenyang Aircraft Design Institute 14: 1614: 704: 652: 625: 571:Administrative career and honours 426:library, and moved the family to 215:Ministry of Astronautics Industry 75:March 1993 – March 2003 716:Guo Quanzhen 郭泉真 (2018-08-31). 460:Early career: the Shenyang JJ-1 395:Gu was born 4 February 1930 in 112:June 1983 – March 1993 734: 613:9th National People's Congress 601:Chinese Academy of Engineering 377:Chinese Academy of Engineering 341: 304: 266: 244: 100:7th National People's Congress 63:9th National People's Congress 1: 640:Shanghai Jiao Tong University 618: 382: 7: 597:Chinese Academy of Sciences 373:Chinese Academy of Sciences 10: 1619: 1558:Chinese aircraft designers 686:Chen Lei 陈磊 (2017-12-23). 609:National People's Congress 440:Shanghai French Concession 18: 1329: 800: 742:"Biography of Gu Songfen" 603:in 1994. He won the 1995 444: 405: 327: 323: 319: 315: 297: 290: 285: 281: 259: 237: 232: 228: 224: 220: 210: 200: 193: 189: 179: 169: 139: 134: 130: 116: 105: 93: 79: 68: 56: 52: 45: 38: 454:aeronautical engineering 432:Second Sino-Japanese War 261:Traditional Chinese 46: 688:"两院院士顾诵芬:舍命研发首架高空高速歼击机" 430:. Two years later, the 239:Simplified Chinese 174:Chinese Communist Party 1593:Scientists from Suzhou 1578:Engineers from Jiangsu 556: 518: 472: 392: 605:Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize 551: 513: 467: 390: 185:Chiao Tung University 599:in 1991, and of the 718:"88岁顾诵芬忆念父亲顾廷龙家风垂教" 538:Cultural Revolution 424:Yenching University 557: 528:, later named the 519: 473: 393: 1535: 1534: 1288: 1287: 346:aircraft designer 331: 330: 311: 310: 292:Standard Mandarin 195:Scientific career 164:Republic of China 1610: 1468: 1371: 1315: 1308: 1301: 1292: 1291: 786: 779: 772: 763: 762: 756: 755: 753: 752: 738: 732: 731: 729: 728: 713: 702: 701: 699: 698: 683: 650: 649: 647: 646: 632: 447: 446: 408: 407: 343: 307: 306: 283: 282: 277: 276: 255: 254: 153: 149: 147: 135:Personal details 110: 94:Delegate to the 73: 36: 35: 1618: 1617: 1613: 1612: 1611: 1609: 1608: 1607: 1538: 1537: 1536: 1531: 1466: 1402:Wang Zhongcheng 1369: 1325: 1319: 1289: 1284: 796: 790: 760: 759: 750: 748: 740: 739: 735: 726: 724: 714: 705: 696: 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Index

Chinese name
family name
Gu
8th
9th National People's Congress
Qiao Shi
Li Peng
6th
7th National People's Congress
Peng Zhen
Wan Li
Suzhou
Jiangsu
Republic of China
Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater
Aircraft design
Ministry of Astronautics Industry
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Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Chinese
aircraft designer

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