Abstract Professor Au-Chin Tang was a great educator, an outstanding scientist and a distinguished leader in the field of education and science in China. He created a miracle of taking the responsibility for education, research and administration which has reached a very high level in these three aspects. In his brilliant life, he always took the needs of the Party, the country and the people as his own responsibility, carried forward the spirit of being willing to be a ladder and a paving stone with a rigorous, realistic and innovative scientific attitude, and fought tenaciously on the scientific and educational front of our country. He devoted all his life to establishing the discipline of chemistry for Jilin University, and made it soar into the forefront of China and become world-famous. He established the discipline of theoretical chemistry for New China, and trained a large number of senior talents engaged in theoretical chemistry research and teaching, who were praised as “Chinese School” by international peers, 12 of whom were elected academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences or the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He has made many high-level scientific research achievements and won respectively the first prize twice and second prize twice of the National Natural Science Award, which made China’s theoretical chemistry at the forefront of the world. As the president of Jilin University, he took the lead in putting forward the idea of “two centers” for colleges and universities, namely, education center and scientific research center. Through the practice of his concept, Jilin University has quickly become one of the world’s first-class universities. Professor Au-Chin Tang is a well-known educator, scientist and leader of science and education in China with profound knowledge, outstanding achievements and great virtue. The younger generation should bear in mind his earnest teachings, inherit his legacy, catch up with and surpass the world’s advanced level in science and education, and contribute to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
LIU Yong-Xin, NING De-Kuan. Professor Au-Chin Tang: Great Educator, Outstanding Scientist and Distinguished Leader in Education and Science[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Education, 2022, 43(14): 1-7.
