| Name | Time | Position | Cause of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tang Xiao'ou | December 16, 2023 | Executive Director of SenseTime Group, Founder of SenseTime, AI Scientist, Former Doctoral Supervisor at Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Director of the Visual Computing Group at Microsoft Research Asia | Heart attack | 55 years old |
| Feng Yanghe | July 1, 2022 | Expert in command control and artificial intelligence, Doctoral Supervisor at National University of Defense Technology, Chief Designer of Zhanlu | Died in a car accident | 38 years old |
| Professor Zhang Dabin | Evening of June 23, 2023 | Leading figure in China's biological development discipline, renowned botanist, famous scientist in the fields of transgenic and biosafety testing | Died in a car accident | 56 years old |
| Li Yuchong | September 21, 2022 | Creator of the world's first 1KN liquid oxygen electric pump cycle rocket | Died unexpectedly in the United States | 30 years old |
| Ning Bin | June 14, 2019 | Leading figure in China's rail transit signal systems, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, preparing to develop a 1000 km/h high-speed train | Died in a car accident | |
| Zhang Shousheng | December 1, 2018 | Chinese-American physicist, announced a major breakthrough with Huawei 5G three days before his death | Died by suicide unexpectedly | 55 years old |
| Chen Shuming | December 31, 2018 | Military scientist and microelectronics expert, leader of China's advanced weapon chip R&D team | Died in a car accident | |
| Zhong Yang | September 25, 2017 | Professor at Fudan University in Shanghai, authoritative figure in China opposing genetically modified foods | Died in a car accident during a business trip to Mongolia | 53 years old |
| Qiu Xiang | Unknown | Thermonuclear physics expert at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, nuclear submarine expert | Died in the Air France AF 447 airline accident | |
| Ren Wei | November 2, 2008 | Mathematical genius | Jumped to his death in the United States | |
| Sun Jian | June 14, 2022 | Ph.D., top AI scientist in China, Chief Scientist at Megvii Technology, first Dean of the School of Artificial Intelligence at Xi'an Jiaotong University | Sudden illness | 45 years old |
| Zhou Guangyuan | December 16, 2023 | Renowned expert in polymer materials in China, Researcher at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | Traffic accident | 51 years old |
| Luo Chongtai | April 2011 | Leading figure in China's lunar exploration program, aerospace scientist | Traffic accident, encountered a car accident while returning to Lanzhou by car | 47 years old |
| Chen Shuming | December 2018 | Professor at the College of Computer Science, National University of Defense Technology, renowned scientist, leader of the high-end weapon chip R&D team | Traffic accident, on the way back to his hometown in Anhui | 57 years old |
| Zhang Dabing | June 22, 2023 | Leading figure in China's biological development discipline, renowned scientist, Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Died unexpectedly | 56 years old |
| Li Yuzhong | September 2019 | Chinese rocket genius, developer of the world's first liquid oxygen electric pump cycle rocket | Traffic accident | 30 years old |
| Liu Dongwu | March 5, 2024 | Founder of Guizhou Big Data Security Engineering Research Center, General Manager of Big Data Security Engineering Research Center (Guizhou) Co., Ltd. | Accident | |
| Wu Zunyou | October 1 | |||
| Cao Xiaobin | Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine | 45 years old | ||
| Wu Jianguo | Virology expert at Wuhan University | |||
| Zhao Zhendong | COVID-19 vaccine expert | 53 years old | ||
| Zeng Bing | 52 years old | |||
| Liu Bin | 37 years old | |||
| Bai Xiaohui | Nucleic acid testing expert | 42 years old |
Reflections
Kissinger once said: The Chinese people are always well protected by the strongest among them.
If external forces were to eliminate these strongest individuals, would the most vulnerable inside be left defenseless?