中国南通 崇川经济开发区

Chongchuan district in Nantong, Jiangsu province is the home district of more than 20 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and of more than 20 great thinkers and artists including mathematician Yang Le and Fan Zen, a master of Chinese culture.

· Gu Xiaosong (顾晓松), medical tissue engineer and neurologist

· Yang Le (杨乐), mathematician

· Li Daqian (李大潜), mathematician

· Min Naiben (闵乃本), physicist

· Wang Xi (王曦), semiconductor material scientist

· Duan Shumin (段树民), biologist

· Wu Weizu (吴慰祖), fine chemical engineer

· Yin Xiangchu (印象初), entomologist

· Cai Meifeng (蔡美峰), geotechnical specialist

· Zhang Miman (张弥曼), paleontologist

· Shi Yafeng (施雅风), geographer and glaciologist

· Yao Mu (姚穆), textile material scientist and educationist

Some 18 world sports champions are also from Chongchuan district.

· Chen Qi (陈玘), table tennis player

· Chen Ruolin (陈若琳), diver

· Huang Xu (黄旭), gymnast

· Ge Fei (葛菲), badminton player

· Li Ju (李菊), table tennis player

· Lin Li (林莉), swimmer

· Zhong Man (仲满), sabre fencer