Mao Jiangsen
Mao Jiangsen (; 15 January 1934 – 18 May 2023) was a Chinese virologist, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was a representative of the 14th and 15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Biography Mao was born Mao Weishu () into a family of farming background in Jiangshan County (now Jiangshan), Jiangsu, on 15 January 1934. He attended Hecang Village Primary School (), Qinghu Central Primary School (), Jiangshan County Middle School (), Hangzhou Xinqun High School (), and Zhejiang Provincial Hangzhou High school (). He joined the Communist Youth League of China in January 1951 and in September enrolled at the National Shanghai Medical College (now Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University). He became a member of the Chinese Communist Party in October 1953. After university in 1957, he was despatched to the Department of Virology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. In early 1958, he was sent to a natural village in Shangyuan Township, Changping County (now Changping District of Beijing) to do farm works, and returned to the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in May 1963. In 1966, the Cultural Revolution broke out, he was transferred to Anmenkou Commune Health Center in Kang