Yuan Chengye

{{Short description|Chinese organic chemist}}

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Yuan Chengye ({{zh|t=袁承業|p=Yuán Chéngyè|w=Yüan Ch'eng-yeh}}; 1924–2018) was a Chinese organic chemist.

Yuan was born in Shangyu, Zhejiang province in 1924. He graduated from the National College of Pharmacy (now China Pharmaceutical University) in 1948 and received a Degree for Candidate for D.Sc from the All-Union Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, in Moscow in 1955. He worked at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences after returning to China. He led a research team for nuclear fuel extractants since 1958.{{Cite web|url=http://bnpc.sioc.ac.cn/upload/resume/yuancy@mail.sioc.ac.cn.pdf|title=Chengye Yuan, Ph.D.}} In 1997, he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He died on 9 January 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cas.cn/xb/gz/201801/t20180111_4632027.shtml|title=中科院院士袁承业逝世|website=Chinese Academy of Sciences|access-date=2018-01-11}}