Comrade Chen Junwu, an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, recipient of the titles “Model of the Times” and “Most Outstanding Contributor”, a senior academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a master of engineering design of China (national master of engineering survey and design), a renowned expert in petroleum refining engineering technology, the founder of fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) engineering technology, and an expert in modern coal chemical technology, serving as advisor to the Science and Technology Committee of China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation and the honorary director general of the technical committee of GPEC, passed away on May 1st in Luoyang, Henan Province, at the age of 97 due to illness. A farewell ceremony for Academician Chen Junwu’s body was held on May 7th at the Luoyang Funeral Parlor.
Following the passing of Academician Chen Junwu, the Party and state leaders expressed their condolences in various ways. CPC Central Committee and state departments, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, relevant provincial and municipal departments, relevant enterprises inside and outside the petrochemical circle, and many universities, research institutions and trade associations in China expressed their mourning in various forms and sent wreaths to extend their condolences to the family.
Chairman and Leading Party Group secretary of Sinopec Group, Ma Yongsheng, general manager and deputy Leading Party Group secretary, Zhao Dong, deputy Leading Party Group secretary, Zhong Ren, member of the Leading Party Group and head of the disciplinary inspection and supervision group, Wang Peng, member of the Leading Party Group and chief accountant, Zhang Shaofeng, members of the Leading Party Group and deputy general managers, Li Yonglin, Lu Lianggong, Niu Shuanwen, and Wan Tao, and senior vice president of the limited company, Yu Baocai, expressed their condolences and sent wreaths.
On the morning of the 7th, the farewell ceremony for Academician Chen Junwu was held in Hall No. 9 of the Luoyang Funeral Parlor. More than 500 people were present at the farewell ceremony for Academician Chen Junwu’s body, including the Sinopec Leaders Zhao Dong and Li Yonglin, the veteran leader Ling Yiqun, Jiang Ling, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Henan Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of CPC Luoyang City Committee, Xu Yixian, Deputy Secretary of CPC Luoyang City Committee and Mayor of Luoyang, and leaders of relevant departments of Henan Province and Luoyang City, the main leaders of the Refining and Chemical Engineering Group and its subsidiaries, members of leading bodies of some peer enterprises, veteran leaders and employee representatives of GPEC, as well as experts and scholars inside and outside the petrochemical circle, friends, colleagues and students of Comrade Chen Junwu, and representatives from all walks of life. The ceremony was presided over by Yang Hongbin, and Han Weiguo presented the life of Academician Chen Junwu. After the end of the ceremony, the participants came to the body of Academician Chen Junwu one after another to bid a final farewell, and shook hands with the relatives of Academician Chen Junwu to express their deep condolences.
Employees of GPEC departments and project sites spontaneously organized mourning activities, and offered flowers via the online condolence hall to express their grief.