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Zhang Boli (physician)

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Zhang Boli
Born(1948-02-26)26 February 1948(age 76)
Alma materTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Children1
Awards"People's Hero" national honorary title (2020)
Scientific career
FieldsTraditional Chinese medicine
InstitutionsTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Chinese name
Traditional ChineseTrươngLễ
Simplified ChineseTrươngLễ

Zhang Boli(Chinese:Trương bá lễ,born 26 February 1948) is a Chinese physician.

He is honorary president ofTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicineand an academician of theChinese Academy of Engineering.Zhang is also a delegate to the 11th, 12th, and 13thNational People's Congress.

Zhang has made outstanding contributions toTraditional Chinese medicine(TCM). During the2003 SARS outbreak,he used TCM to treat patients.[1]In 2005, he was elected as an academician of theChinese Academy of Engineering(CAE).[2]

During the2019–20 COVID-19 pandemic,Zhang strongly advised 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 inJiangxia Fangcang Hospital,Wuhan.[3][4]His son, Zhang Lei (Trương lỗi), is also a physician. Zhang Lei also arrived in Wuhan to fight against the coronavirus, however, the father and son did not meet each other until the epidemic had waned in Wuhan.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^Trương bá lễ.China Network Television.2011-07-01.
  2. ^Trung quốc công trình viện viện sĩ trương bá lễ.Chinese Academy of Engineering(in Chinese).
  3. ^Zhang Boli: The efficacy of TCM in the fight against COVID-19
  4. ^Trương bá lễ quải soái trung y “Quốc gia đội” tiến trú phương thương y viện(in Chinese). Tencent. 2020-02-12.