Chern and mathematicians
International Congress of Mathematicians, Beijing, 2002.
Front row, seated:
Zhu Guang-Ya (Standing Committee [SC] of NPC, Vice Chairman of the SC of the CPP, Consultative Conference NC),
Zhou Guang-Zhao (President of China Association of Science and Technology [CAST]),
Philip Griffiths
(Secretary of International Mathematical Union, elected for 1999–2006),
Li Lan-Qing (Vice Premier of People’s Republic of China),
Jacob Palis
(IMU President, elected for 1999–2002),
Jiang Zemin (President, People’s Republic of China),
Shing-Shen Chern (Honorary President of ICM 2002),
Wen Jia-Bao (Vice Premier of People’s Republic of China),
David Mumford
(former President of IMU),
Ding Shi-Sun (Vice Chairman of the SC of the NPC),
Song Jian (Vice Chairman of the SC of the CPP, Consultative Conference NC).
Standing:
Ma Zhi-Ming
(President of Chinese Mathematical Society [CMS], Chair of Organizing Committee of ICM 2002),
Tian Gang
(representative of plenary speakers),
Wu Wen-Tsun
(President of ICM 2002),
John Ball
(President-elect of IMU for 2003–2006),
Yang Lo
(former President of CMS),
John F. Nash, Jr.
(Nobel Laureate),
Chang Kung-Ching
(former President of CMS),
Zhang Yu-Tai (Secretary General of CAST).
