Chinese composer. A native of Zhenhai, Zhejiang, he was born in 1929. From 1950 to 1955 he studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. After graduation he worked as a teacher at the Conservatory. In 1983 he was appoint ed as vice-president of Xian Xinghai Conservatory in Guangzhou. Now he is a professor of the Composition Department of the Conservatory. His compositions cover a wide range including symphony, chamber music and dance music, with symphonic poem "The Legend of a Yellow Crane", "First Symphony Dawn in the East", horn concerto "Memory" and "First String Quartet"
