Tu Youyou, female, Han nationality, CPC member, pharmacist. Born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, he was admitted to the Department of pharmacy, Peking University Medical College in 1951. [1] [2] graduated from Beijing Medical College in 1955. After graduation, he received training in traditional Chinese medicine for two and a half years, and has been working in the Chinese Academy of traditional Chinese medicine (renamed as the Chinese Academy of traditional Chinese medicine in 2005), during which he was promoted to master's supervisor and doctoral supervisor. He is now the chief scientist, lifelong researcher and chief researcher of Chinese Academy of traditional Chinese medicine, director of artemisinin research and development center, doctoral supervisor, and winner of the medal of the Republic of China.