Zhang Boli | |||||||
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| Born | (1948-02-26)26 February 1948 (age 77) | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
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| 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 honorary president ofTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and 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 (张磊), 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]
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