Hu Huanyong, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hu Huanyong

Chinese demographer

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1901

Place of Birth: Yixing, Jiangsu, China

Date of Death: 30-Apr-1998

Profession: politician, geographer, demographer

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Hu Huanyong (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???, November 20, 1901 – April 30, 1998) was a Chinese demographer and the founder of China's population geography.
He was born in Yixing, Jiangsu Province.
He studied literature, history, and geography at Nanjing Higher Normal School.
He continued his education at the University of Paris from 1926 to 1928.
He returned to China and began teaching at National Central University where he was eventually appointed dean of the Department of Geography.
He began teaching at East China Normal University (ECNU) in Shanghai in 1953, and in 1957 he became director of the research office of population geography at ECNU (which he helped to establish), the first demographic research institution in China.In a paper published in 1934 entitled, "Distribution of China's Population," he drew the Heihe-Tengchong Line, also called the Aihui-Tengchong Line, which is known internationally as the "Hu Line." The line marks a striking difference in the distribution of China's population.