From the Electron-Positron Collider to the Spallation Neutron Source, his name is important

Over the years, my belief in the Party organization has always been firm. The Party organization has always been very concerned about me, often educating and helping me, making me aware of my shortcomings and pointing me in the direction of progress.

——Excerpt from Chen Hesheng's "Application for Party Membership"

Since 1978

He has an indissoluble bond with high energy physics

Over 40 years

He devoted himself to promoting the development of high-energy physics in China

Hosted the Nobel Prize winner Ting Zhaozhong

Development of a large permanent magnet system for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

Install a strong "Chinese heart"

Leading the completion of my country's first large scientific device

A major renovation project of the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider

Presided over the construction of my country's first spallation neutron source

He is

Particle physicist

Former Director of the Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Chen Hesheng

Middle school

A copy of Einstein's "The Evolution of Physics"

This sparked his interest in physics.

It has never been extinguished since then

1964

He was admitted to Peking University

Selected Nuclear Physics

After graduation in 1970

He was assigned to work on a PLA farm in Xinyang, Henan.

Planting rice, feeding pigs, and herding cattle

After a day of farm work

He still insisted on using the evening time to study on his own

The textbooks I brought with me were almost torn apart by him.

also

He also ordered photocopies of foreign physics journals

To understand the world's frontiers of physics development

He firmly believes

The future construction of the motherland must require science and technology

Summer 1998

Chen Hesheng was appointed

Director of the Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

At that time, the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider

Even the development of the Institute of High Energy Physics

When in trouble

He was appointed in a time of crisis

As the main author, he formulated

Development Goals of my country's High Energy Physics and Advanced Accelerators

A major renovation plan for the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider was proposed

Planned the construction of large scientific facilities in my country

Determined to lead everyone out of the trough

Chen Hesheng is working on the electron linear accelerator section of the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider major renovation project.

2004 to 2008

Chen Hesheng serves as Engineering Manager

Leading the Institute of High Energy Physics team to adopt

The most advanced double-ring cross-collision technology in the world

Successfully completed the major transformation of the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider

Facing severe international competition

He led all the colleagues in the institute to work together

Successfully completed the construction project as planned

Main performance indicators of the modified Beijing Electron-Positron Collider

An order of magnitude higher than international competitors

Chen Hesheng introduced the major renovation project of the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider to the US representatives at the 2006 China-US High Energy Physics Talks

October 2011

Total investment of 2.3 billion yuan

China Spallation Neutron Source laid foundation stone in Dongguan

65-year-old Chen Hesheng resigns as director of the Institute of High Energy Physics

Invested in the construction of the spallation neutron source

Summer 2014

The hot weather and high workload

Chen Hesheng continued to feel unwell

Before that

He has undergone multiple heart surgeries.

His colleagues were worried about him.

But he persisted until the end of the work

Although over seventy years old

Multiple heart surgeries

But he still flies 6 to 8 times a month.

I rarely rest on weekends.

2018

China Spallation Neutron Source Passes National Acceptance

thus

my country has become the fourth

Countries with spallation neutron sources

now

Chen Hesheng devotes all his efforts to promoting the spallation neutron source

In the areas of national strategic needs and

Application at the forefront of international science

At the same time, we are also actively promoting the second phase of the Spallation Neutron Source project

And participated in my country's 2035 and 2050

Planning of the development roadmap for large scientific facilities

He said

Happiness in life

Striving for the strength of the country

Especially being able to make some of your own contributions

This is the happiest thing

September 1997

Chen Hesheng joined the Communist Party of China

Source: Science and Technology Daily. The pictures in this article are provided by the Party Committee of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

◎ Science and Technology Daily reporter Lu Chengkuan

Editors: Zhang Qiqi, Wang Yu

Review: Julie

Final review: Liu Haiying