At the age of 59, Fei Benhua, the director of the International Bamboo and Vine Center of the National Forestry and Grass Administration, passed away. Director | Technical | passed away at the age of
Pengpai News learned from the International Bamboo and Vine Center of the National Forestry and Grass Administration that Comrade Fei Benhua, Director and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the International Bamboo and Vine Center of the National Forestry and Grass Administration, and Academician of the International Academy of Wood Sciences, passed away in Beijing on July 10, 2023 at the age of 59 due to ineffective medical treatment.
According to public information, Fei Benhua, male, Han ethnicity, born on July 10, 1964, is a member of the Communist Party of China, a second level researcher, and a doctoral supervisor. He graduated from Anhui Agricultural University with a Bachelor's degree in Forestry in 1987; From 1987 to 1989, technician at the Forestry Bureau of Lu'an County, Anhui Province; From 1989 to 1992, Anhui Agricultural University pursued a master's degree in wood science and obtained a master's degree in engineering; Lecturer and Department Head of Anhui Agricultural University from 1992 to 1997; From 1997 to 1999, he pursued a master's degree in Wood Science and Technology at the China Academy of Forestry and obtained a PhD in Engineering.
Fei Benhua was an associate researcher, researcher, and doctoral supervisor at the Wood Industry Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Forestry from 1999 to 2005. He served as an assistant to the dean from 2001 to 2005 and was a visiting scholar at the Japan Institute of Forestry in 2001; From 2005 to 2009, he served as the director of the Beijing Forestry Machinery Research Institute of the State Forestry Administration, and from 2007 to 2008, he also served as the party secretary of the institute; Deputy Director of the International Bamboo and Vine Center from 2009 to 2013, Executive Deputy Director of the International Bamboo and Vine Center from 2013 to 2022, and Director of the International Bamboo and Vine Center from April 2022 to present. He also serves as the Vice Chairman of the Chinese Forestry Society, a member of the Expert Group of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development's "China Modern Wood Structure Building Technology Project", a member of the American Wood Science and Technology Association, and the Chairman of ISO/TC296.
Fei Benhua has been engaged in scientific and technological research on bamboo and wood for a long time. He has led and completed more than 10 key projects under the National Science and Technology Support Program, National 863 Program, and National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has made significant breakthroughs in bamboo cell wall characterization technology and bamboo engineering material manufacturing technology; The research achievement "Research and Demonstration of Key Technologies for Manufacturing Bamboo Engineering Materials" won the first prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, and the "Construction and Application of Plant Cell Wall Mechanical Characterization Technology System" won the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award; Authorized 15 national invention patents, published more than 300 papers, edited more than 10 monographs such as "Bamboo Protection", "Round Bamboo Furniture", and "Research on Physical and Chemical Properties of Adhesive Interface of Moso Bamboo/Cedar Composite Materials", and trained 43 graduate students; Awarded honorary titles such as "Provincial and Ministerial Backbone Teachers", "Special Allowance from the State Council", "National Candidate for the New Century Hundred and Ten Million Talents Project", "National Excellent Science and Technology Worker", and "Academician of the International Academy of Wood Sciences".