1898 was born in Xinchang county, Zhejiang province on July 27th, with a rich family. In his early years, he studied primary school and normal school in Xinchang and Ningbo, and worked as a primary school teacher. 1919 In early 2009, he went to Japan to study at his own expense. During his stay in Japan, he took part in a demonstration by China students against the betrayal of Beiyang government at the Paris Peace Conference. Returned to China due to illness on 1920.
1920 was admitted to the engineering department of Nanjing Normal University, 1924 was changed to the physics department of Southeast University, and 1925 graduated. After graduating from college, he was hired by Zhuanghe Teachers College in Liaoning. 1 year later, he returned to his hometown to run a middle school and became the first principal of Xinchang Middle School. After raising funds in many ways and recruiting qualified teachers everywhere, school teaching can finally proceed normally. After the "4. 12 incident", Tong Zhiyi, the producer of * * *, escaped from danger and offended the Kuomintang county party department, and was forced to resign on 1928. Ye was introduced to Tsinghua University Engineering Department as a teaching assistant.
From May 65438 to May 0929, he worked in the Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica. Upon his arrival, he was sent to work in a scientific investigation team in the northwest of China as an astronomer, topographic survey and declination survey. 10 Depart from Suiyuan to Ejina Banner, go south along Ejina River (weak water) and visit Qilian Mountain via Suzhou (Jiuquan).
/kloc-in the winter of 0/930, we traveled from Dunhuang to southern Xinjiang and measured the position of Lop Nur after the diversion of Tarim River. 193 1 summer to 1932 summer, an investigation was conducted in Qaidam and Ejina river basins and their terminal lakes, sogou Nuoer and Gashunnuoer. 1933 returned to the Institute of Physics after submitting the investigation report.
1933 In the summer, the Ministry of Railways set up the Sui Xin Highway Survey Team, and Chen Zongqi was still employed to take charge of topographic and astronomical survey. On June+10, 5438, we set out from Suiyuan to southern Xinjiang and took a boat from Wei Zhou to the east of Tarim River to investigate the situation in the lower reaches of the new Tarim River. 1935 1 menstrual Xi' an returned to Nanjing and presented the investigation report.
1August, 935, returned to the Institute of Physics and worked at Nanjing Zijinshan Geomagnetic Station. 1936 From March to June, geomagnetic survey was conducted in Guangzhou to Shanghai.
From September 65438 to September 0936, he went to Germany to study abroad, entered the Academy of Natural Sciences of Berlin University to specialize in geophysics, and conducted geomagnetic research at the Potsdam Institute of Geophysics. 1939 Chen Zongqi was dissatisfied with Germany's launching of the world war, and resolutely left Germany to engage in geophysical exploration at the Imperial College London Research Department in London, England.
/kloc-0 returned to China in April, 1940 and served as an associate researcher at the Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica. /kloc-in June of 0/0, he moved from Nanjing to work at the geomagnetic station in Danzhou, Guangxi.
194 1 In the spring of, Yanshan Geomagnetic Station was established in Liangfeng, Guilin, Guangxi. He is also a professor at Guangxi University. From August of the same year to June+February of 5438, he led a team to observe the total solar eclipse in Chong 'an, Fujian.
1944 was appointed as a researcher at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and director of geomagnetic station. In the summer of 1944, the Japanese invaders continued southward, and the Yanshan geomagnetic station, which had been working normally for 1 years, had to be abandoned. Chen Zongqi was responsible for the transportation and evacuation of the Institute of Physics, employees and their families, and went to Beibei, Chongqing, Sichuan via Guizhou. After buying land to build the institute, conduct a detailed geomagnetic survey.
1946 The Institute of Physics moved to Shanghai, 1947 The geomagnetic part of the Institute was transferred to the Institute of Meteorology and moved to Nanjing Arctic Pavilion. 1948 moved to Shanghai because of the liberation war. On the eve of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the heads of Academia Sinica and the Shanghai office fled Shanghai, and Chen Zongqi was elected as the director of the Shanghai office by various Shanghai offices. Together with the leaders, he boycotted the relocation of the Shanghai office to Taiwan Province Province, and organized employees and their families to defend research institutions, employees and their families in Shanghai from harassment and destruction. At the same time, he also attended the Shanghai University Presidents' Meeting to welcome liberation.
After the liberation of Shanghai, assist the Military Management Committee to take over the relevant units. 65438-0950 Secretary of East China Office, Deputy Director of Institute of Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Director of Nanjing Office. 195 1 resigned from the Nanjing office and the East China office in March and May, respectively, and served as the deputy director of the Institute of Geophysics and concurrently a professor at Nanjing University.
1952 1 concurrently serves as the deputy director of the general office of China Academy of Sciences, in charge of infrastructure, equipment and general affairs. At the end of 1955, the general office was reorganized and served as the director of the administrative bureau, presiding over the construction and planning of the Academy of Sciences. 1956 resigned as deputy director of the general office of the institute, returned to the leadership of the institute and the geomagnetic research office, personally organized the preparation of several geomagnetic stations in Beijing, improved the Yushan station in Shanghai, initially established the national geomagnetic network, and presided over the preparation of ionospheric observation stations and cosmic ray stations. Thus, the geomagnetic laboratory has many disciplines including basic magnetic field, changing magnetic field, paleomagnetism, ionosphere, cosmic rays and so on.
Since the establishment of 1947 chinese geophysical society, Chen Zongqi has been the leader of the Society (Secretary General) and the academic secretary of the China Committee for the International Geophysical Year (Chairman Zhu Kezhen), which has opened a new chapter in international cooperation in geophysics. He is one of the main sponsors of chinese geophysical society. During the International Geophysical Year, many countries participated in large-scale scientific activities (IGY, 1957- 1958). He took an active part in the organization of the China Committee, and served as the Secretary-General to undertake heavy work.
Chen Zongqi joined the China Democratic League in Nanjing in May. /kloc-0 joined the China * * * production party in August, 956.
1958 12 insisted on taking part in intense scientific research work after discharge and did not recover. Until February 1960, the disease recurred. On the eve of his death, he still guided and arranged work for visiting comrades, asking about the research situation of hospitals and research institutes and the cooperation between China and the Soviet Union.
1960 died in Beijing on March 4th at the age of 62.
Great achievements have been made in the scientific investigation of the northwest wasteland.
During the five years from the summer of 1929 to the summer of 1934, Chen Zongqi completed a comprehensive scientific investigation mission that attracted worldwide attention in Inner Mongolia, Qilian Mountain, Qaidam and Xinjiang, and opened up the earth science cause in the northwest wasteland of China.
From 65438 to 0929, the Institute of Physics sent Chen Zongqi to participate in the northwest scientific investigation team, responsible for astronomy and topographic survey, as well as magnetic declination survey. Depart from Suiyuan, go west to Ejina Banner via Bailing Temple, go south along Ejina River (weak water), and visit Qilian Mountain via Suzhou (Jiuquan). /kloc-In the winter of 0/930, the position of Lop Nur after the diversion of Tarim River was measured from the west of Dunhuang to the south of Xinjiang. In the summer of 193 1, I went to the Qaidam basin. I returned to Suzhou (Jiuquan) that winter. 1932 made an investigation in Ejina river basin and its terminal lakes, sogou Noor (Suoguo Lake) and Gashun Noor (Gashun Lake), and returned to the Institute of Physics on May 1933.
Soon, the Ministry of Railways organized the Sui Xin Highway Survey Team, headed by Swedish Sven Hedin, and Chen Zongqi was still employed. 1933 10 set out from Suiyuan, passing through Bailing Temple, Ejina Banner, Hami and Turpan, and visited southern Xinjiang. Wei Li took a canoe along the Tarim River to the east to investigate the situation in the lower reaches of the New Tarim River. 1935 back to the Institute of Physics.
The scientific investigation of the northwest wasteland in the past five years has really gone through hardships. As he wrote in his monograph Rob Naoer and Rob Wasteland, "Rob Wasteland is the most desolate area in the world except for the poles", "I traveled here for four months (less than two days) and didn't see anyone", and the scene of drought and waterless was described as "from Sande Temple to the west.
As an astrosurveyor, he often works in the open air at night and spends the night under the starlight. It's very cold at night, and sometimes he will sleep outside for several days in severe winter, and sometimes he will even be hungry for several days because of running out of food.
Sven Hedin, a famous Swedish explorer, spoke highly of Chen Zongqi. He said, "I never asked him to do this. It is cruel to let anyone work in a place with dense mosquitoes and flies and the risk of sunburn in the hottest two months (41C). " Even in such a hard environment, as long as he has free time, he will still take time out to study.
The main achievements of the scientific investigation completed under five years' hard conditions are as follows: Chen Zongqi made topographic survey on Ejina River basin, Qilian Mountain, Qaidam and parts of southern Xinjiang, and accurately determined the position and shape of Lop Nur for the first time. A few decades later, the book Analysis and Application of Space Remote Sensing Images published by the Institute of Remote Sensing of China Academy of Sciences analyzed Lop Nur surrounded by the fifth phase of Lop Nur with the photos of "Landsat- 1". The discharge of Tarim River, Peacock River and Kondagria River was measured for the first time. During several years of investigation, I also took many valuable photos. Chen Zongqi was the only natural scientist in China who entered Loulan area three times at that time.
Because of his outstanding achievements in the northwest scientific investigation, he was awarded the Polaris medal by the king of Sweden.