A file photo of Chen Ning Yang. Renowned physicist Chen Ning Yang, a Nobel laureate and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, died in Beijing on Saturday at 103, according to Tsinghua University. (Tsinghua University/Handout via Xinhua)
BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Renowned physicist Chen Ning Yang, a Nobel laureate and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, died in Beijing on Saturday at 103, according to Tsinghua University.
Yang was born in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, in 1922. In the 1940s, he went to the United States to pursue academic studies and subsequently held teaching positions. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957.
The Yang-Mills gauge theory introduced by Yang and Robert Mills is one of the most important achievements of physics in the 20th century.
Over more than 20 years since he returned to China, Yang had taught at Tsinghua University, making important contributions to cultivating and recruiting talent and promoting international academic exchanges. ■
This file photo taken on April 14, 2014 shows Chen Ning Yang giving a speech at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. Renowned physicist Chen Ning Yang, a Nobel laureate and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, died in Beijing on Saturday at 103, according to Tsinghua University. (Photo by Long Wei/Xinhua)
This file photo taken on May 25, 2013 shows Chen Ning Yang giving a speech at a forum in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Renowned physicist Chen Ning Yang, a Nobel laureate and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, died in Beijing on Saturday at 103, according to Tsinghua University. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
This file photo taken in April, 2021 shows Chen Ning Yang receiving an interview with Xinhua at Tsinghua University in Beijing, capital of China. Renowned physicist Chen Ning Yang, a Nobel laureate and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, died in Beijing on Saturday at 103, according to Tsinghua University. (Xinhua/Wei Mengjia)
This file photo taken in September, 2004 shows Chen Ning Yang tutoring undergraduates at Tsinghua University in Beijing, capital of China. Renowned physicist Chen Ning Yang, a Nobel laureate and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, died in Beijing on Saturday at 103, according to Tsinghua University. (Tsinghua University/Handout via Xinhua)
This file photo taken on May 26, 1986 shows Chen Ning Yang giving a report to researchers and postgraduates majored in Physics from across the country in Beijing, capital of China. Renowned physicist Chen Ning Yang, a Nobel laureate and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, died in Beijing on Saturday at 103, according to Tsinghua University. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)
This file photo taken on May 14, 2021 shows Chen Ning Yang attending the inauguration ceremony of the C. N. Yang Archives at Tsinghua University in Beijing, capital of China. Renowned physicist Chen Ning Yang, a Nobel laureate and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, died in Beijing on Saturday at 103, according to Tsinghua University. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)