Zhu Kezhen (1890-1974), known as Coching Chu, was a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a meteorologist, geographer and educator. The asteroid with the international number 224888 named after Chu’s name as "224888 Cochingchu".
In the 1920s and 1930s, Zhu Kezhen pioneered meteorological education, established the Institute of Meteorology of the Academia Sinica, set up the early Chinese meteorological observation network, and carried out weather observation, high-altitude surveys and weather forecasting, and made pioneering contributions to research on typhoons, Chinese monsoon, atmospheric circulation, climatic regionalization, weather and climate change. He introduced the concept of the monsoon system, pioneered the study of regional climate, proposed indicators for delineating subtropical zones, identified eight major climate regions in China, established the basic contours of climatic and physical regionalization, and studied climate change in China over the past five millennia.
During his 13 years as President of Zhejiang University, starting from 1936, Zhu Kezhen was keen to develop the University, conduct scientific research, improve academic and teaching standards and cultivate a good academic culture, making Zhejiang University a first-class China institution of higher education.
Source: Communications Museum of Macao, CTT.
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