Hou Debang

Hou Debang (August 9, 1890 - August 26, 1974), also known as Hou Qirong, courtesy name Zhiben, male, was born in Houguan, Fuzhou, a Chinese chemist, chemical industry expert, academician of Academia Sinica, and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Graduated from Fuzhou Yinghua Academy, Beijing Preparatory School for Studying in the United States, MIT and Columbia University. The inventor of "Hou's Combined Alkali Production Method" and the author of the book "Alkali Production". He participated in the preparation of Yongli Alkali Industry, and together with Fan Xudong, the founder of Yongli Alkali Industry, was a pioneer in China's modern chemical industry.