Zhang Boli (physician)
Zhang Boli | |||
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| Born | 26 February 1948 | ||
| Alma mater | Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | ||
| Children | 1 | ||
| Awards | "People's Hero" national honorary title (2020) | ||
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| Fields | Traditional Chinese medicine | ||
| Institutions | Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | ||
| Chinese name | |||
| Traditional Chinese | 張伯禮 | ||
| Simplified Chinese | 张伯礼 | ||
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Zhang Boli (Chinese: 张伯礼, born 26 February 1948) is a Chinese physician. He is the president of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Honorary President of , and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). Zhang is also a delegate to the 11th, 12th, and 13th National People's Congress.
Zhang makes outstanding contributions to the Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). During the 2003 SARS outbreak, he uses TCM medicine to treat patients.[1] In 2005, he is elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).[2]
During the 2019–20 COVID-19 pandemic, Zhang strongly advises the use of TCM. With the approval of the Central Guidance Team, he and 208 other experts formed a TCM medical team, and started treating patients in Jiangxia Fangcang Hospital, Wuhan.[3][4] His son, Zhang Lei (张磊), is also a physician. Zhang Lei also arrived in Wuhan to fight against the coronavirus, however, the father and son never meet with each other until the epidemic have waned in Wuhan.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ 张伯礼. China Network Television. 2011-07-01.
- ^ 中国工程院院士 张伯礼. Chinese Academy of Engineering (in Chinese).
- ^ Zhang Boli: The efficacy of TCM in the fight against COVID-19
- ^ 张伯礼挂帅中医“国家队”进驻方舱医院 (in Chinese). Tencent. 2020-02-12.
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