We met Prof. Liu Yuanzhang in ANQ 2011 in Vietnam and He was awarded Ishikawa-Kano Award (IKA) of Asian Network for Quality in 2011. (Left: Prof. Liu Yuanzhang and Prof. Noriaki Kano)
Prof. Liu Yuanzhang was elected as academician of International Academy for Quality in 1995 and academician of China Academy of Engineering 2001. His major contribution to theory and practice of quality and engineering science in career of over 60 years includes:
1. Initiate TQM in China with milestones of establishing quality control research group at operation science research division, mechanics institute of CAS in 1957, introducing TQM in 1976, jointly establishing CAQ in 1979, assisting in issuing of Interim Measures for TQM in Industrial Enterprise in 1980 and Quality Revitalization Outline in 1996, etc.
2. Strive for development and promotion of quality management standards with milestones of appointing as director of QM Standardization Technical Committee (TC151) in 1988 and China’s representative of ISO TC176 in 1995, assisting in issuing of QMS standards of GB/T19000-ISO9000 (1989, 1994 and 2000 versions) and Criteria for Performance Excellence of GB/T19580-2004.
3. Insist in education at frontline and by various channels with milestones of introducing TQM into China at newspaper in 1977, conducting TQM lecture at China National Radio and China Central Television in 1980.
HKSQ representatives took a photo with Prof. Liu Yuanzhang in Asian Network for Quality (ANQ) Congress 2011 in Vietnam. It was my last memory with Prof. Liu Yuanzhang.
HKSQ and others Chinese professionals will continue Prof. Liu Yuanzhang work to promote quality management and theory in China and the world, especially through Chinese Quality Forum (CQF).
Reference:
ANQ 2011 - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2011/09/anq-2011-day-1.html
The 1st Chinese Quality Forum (華人品質論壇) - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2012/05/first-meeting-for-chinese-quality-forum.html
The 2nd Chinese Quality Forum (華人品質論壇) - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2014/03/the-2nd-chinese-quality-forum.html
Prof. Liu Yuanzhang’s Life of Quality (In Chinese) - http://blog.xuite.net/lingf01/twblog/141969161-劉源張:品質管制人生
Prof. Liu Yuanzhang was elected as academician of International Academy for Quality in 1995 and academician of China Academy of Engineering 2001. His major contribution to theory and practice of quality and engineering science in career of over 60 years includes:
1. Initiate TQM in China with milestones of establishing quality control research group at operation science research division, mechanics institute of CAS in 1957, introducing TQM in 1976, jointly establishing CAQ in 1979, assisting in issuing of Interim Measures for TQM in Industrial Enterprise in 1980 and Quality Revitalization Outline in 1996, etc.
2. Strive for development and promotion of quality management standards with milestones of appointing as director of QM Standardization Technical Committee (TC151) in 1988 and China’s representative of ISO TC176 in 1995, assisting in issuing of QMS standards of GB/T19000-ISO9000 (1989, 1994 and 2000 versions) and Criteria for Performance Excellence of GB/T19580-2004.
3. Insist in education at frontline and by various channels with milestones of introducing TQM into China at newspaper in 1977, conducting TQM lecture at China National Radio and China Central Television in 1980.
HKSQ representatives took a photo with Prof. Liu Yuanzhang in Asian Network for Quality (ANQ) Congress 2011 in Vietnam. It was my last memory with Prof. Liu Yuanzhang.
HKSQ and others Chinese professionals will continue Prof. Liu Yuanzhang work to promote quality management and theory in China and the world, especially through Chinese Quality Forum (CQF).
ANQ 2011 - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2011/09/anq-2011-day-1.html
The 1st Chinese Quality Forum (華人品質論壇) - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2012/05/first-meeting-for-chinese-quality-forum.html
The 2nd Chinese Quality Forum (華人品質論壇) - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2014/03/the-2nd-chinese-quality-forum.html
Prof. Liu Yuanzhang’s Life of Quality (In Chinese) - http://blog.xuite.net/lingf01/twblog/141969161-劉源張:品質管制人生
6/4/2014 [Sun] 19:50
回覆刪除Subject: Mr. Liu Yuanzhang passed away at age of 89
China Association for Quality announces with deepest grief to the whole quality community:
Mr. Liu Yuanzhang, senior academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, consultant of China
Association for Quality & Chinese famous expert in the field of quality management, passed away
at age of 89 on the evening of April 3, 2014 in Beijing, due to a sudden cerebral hemorrhage.
He devoted all his life to Chinese people’s life quality and China’s national progress. He not only
established China’s TQM theory and tools, but also promoted TQM practice all around China. He
is known as “Father of Quality Management in China”. (see attached)
The passing away of Mr. Liu Yuanzhang is a great loss to China quality and management science.
Mr. Liu Yuanzhang goes down to posterity!
Mr. Jia Fuxing
President of China Association for Quality
6/4/2014 [Sun] 20:17
回覆刪除Dear Mr. Jia Fuxing, CAQ President, and CAQ and ANQ Friends,
It was very sad to be informed that Prof Liu Yuanzhang passed away.
We know that Prof Liu Yuanzhang is Father of Quality in China because he
worked so hard to start quality activities since 1970s and have taken
leadership in the national promotion of quality for over 30 years.
Prof. Liu represented China Association of Quality (CAQ) and was an ANQ
board member of 2003-2004, the first term of ANQ, He was a very
influential coordinator and very successfully organized the first ANQ
Congress in Beijing in 2003. He did the great contribution to ANQ
development from its foundation period.
I did not exactly remember when I met him first time. Maybe it was in
the middle of 1990s. He was a bilingual speaker of both Japanese and
English because he obtained bachelor degree in Japan while PhD in
U. S.. He talked about his very painful story to be jailed during the
Cultuaral Revelution. I was very impressed with his voice tone because
he maintained in a detached tone and even with a smile as if he talked
about somebody else but not himself.
It was last time to see him when we met at ANQ Congress in Ho Chih Minh
with Mrs Liu in September, 2011, where Prof Liu was awarded Ishikawa
Kano Award for his contribution to Quality development in China and in Asia.
Let us express our deep condolence to Mrs. Liu and his family as well as
CAQ friends with memory of his great work. May I pray sincerely for the
repose of Professor Liu Yuanzhang's soul.
Noriaki Kano
Honorary Chairperson,
Asian Network for Quality
6/4/2014 [Sun] 21:01
回覆刪除Dear Mr Jia Fuxing , CAQ and ANQ Friends
We at Indian Society For Quality (ISQ) deeply mourn the death of Mr Liu Yuanzhang. We pay our heartfelt condolences and pray for the eternal peace for the departed soul. May God bestow fortitude to his family and all CAQ members to bear this loss.
Bishwambhar Mishra
President, ISQ
6/4/2014 [Sun] 22:09
回覆刪除Dear CAQ President and ANQ Colleagues,
I am writing on behalf of the Standards and Quality Association of Thailand (SQAT) to express our condolences to family and friends of Professor Liu Yuanzhang. Please convey our sorrow to all his loved ones.
Sincerely yours,
Supachai Tepatanapong
SQAT Board member,
on behalf of the Standards and Quality Association of Thailand (SQAT)
6/4/2014 [Sun] 22:34
回覆刪除Dear Mr. Jia Fuxing, CAQ President, and CAQ and ANQ Friends,
This is very sad news about Prof Liu Yuanzhang passed away at age of 89 on the evening of April 3, 2014. We, Hong Kong Society for Quality (HKSQ) expressed hearty condolences to Prof Liu Yuanzhang's family, friends and colleagues.
We met Prof Liu Yuanzhang in ANQ 2011 in Vietnam and He was awarded Ishikawa-Kano Award (IKA) of Asian Network for Quality in 2011. His insistent in education at frontline and by various channels were recognized as one of his major contribution. HKSQ and others Chinese professionals will continue Prof. Liu Yuanzhang work to promote quality management and theory in China and the world, especially through Chinese Quality Forum (CQF).
Lotto Lai
Former Chairman, HKSQ
7/4/2014 [Mon] 0:18
回覆刪除Dear Lotto Lai,
Really sad to hear the passing away of Father of Quality Management in china.
It is a great loss to the Quality movement across the world and to china in particular.
We at NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR QUALITY & RELIABILITY IN INDIA pay our heartfelt condolences to Prof. Liu Yuanzhang’s Family , Friends and Collegues.
thanks,
R.Srinivasan
Past Chairman
NIQR
Chennai , INDIA
Monday, April 07, 2014 AM 01:26
回覆刪除To: Members of CAQ and Members of ANQ
I am indeed sad to learn about the great loss of Honorary Academician Liu Yuanzhang. I met him only three times starting with ANQ Congress 2003 in Beijing but he left a deep mark with his humility.
I recall my meeting with him at the Ho Chi Minh City when he was awarded the Ishikawa-Kano Award. It was so refreshing to have him with us.
We all recognize his passing away has created a vacuum in China in the field of quality that is not easy to fill. But he laid a strong foundation on which to build. His legacy will be remembered by all of us. Best tribute we can pay to him is to reinforce our effort for international cooperation in pursuit of quality for the wellbeing of humankind.
On behalf of the Academy we pray for his sole to rest in peace. Please convey our heartfelt condolence to his family with a prayer for them to bear his loss with equanimity.
Our condolences to you and the quality fraternity of China.
Kind regards,
Janak Mehta
President
International Academy for Quality
Monday, April 07, 2014 AM 07:08
回覆刪除Dear Lotto Lai,
Sad to hear the passing away of Prof. Liu Yuanzhang Father of Quality Management in china. Please convey our condolences to his Family , Friends and Comrades
with regard
Dr KNN
CSE Online
Monday, April 07, 2014 AM 08:34
回覆刪除Dear CAQ and Family's Mr. Liu Yuanzhang,
On behalf of VQAH, I am sorely grieved to learn of the death of Mr. Liu Yuanzhang, for whom I had the greatest admiration and regard when I met Prof. Liu Yuanzhang in ANQ 2011 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and he was awarded Ishikawa-Kano Award (IKA) of Asian Network for Quality in 2011.
Please accept my heartfelt sympathyto CAQ and Family's Mr. Liu Yuanzhang.
Thanks and best regards,
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NGO VAN NHON , Ph.D.
Chairman, General Secretary
Vietnam Quality Association of Ho Chi Minh City (VQAH)
Monday, April 07, 2014 AM 08:53
回覆刪除Dr. Lai,
Thanks for your kindness.
Yes, Professor Liu Yuanzhang is the most renowned figure contributing to Qualiyt Management in China mainland. We will always keep him in our mind.
Best regards,
Luthyia Liu
Monday, April 07, 2014 AM 10:24
回覆刪除Dear Lotto,
Sorry to hear the loss of a Quality Professional & Contributor Prof. Liu Yuanzhang. wWe do pay our heartfelt condolences to late Prof Liu Yuanzhang's family, friends and colleagues and prayers for his depAarted soul.
Brig Gen M Mofizur Rahman, psc, P Eng (Retd)
Member BSTQM
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Monday, April 07, 2014 AM 11:11
回覆刪除Dear Mr. Jia Fuxing
President of China Association for Quality,
CAQ colleague, family members of Mr. Liu Yuanzhang and ANQ members.
We learnt with great sadness the passing away of Prof. Liu Yuanzhang, Senior academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Consultant of China Association for Quality & famous expert in the field of total quality management. It was a great loss to all quality professionals of a renown leader in the quality field in China and internationally.
Prof. Liu represented China Association of Quality (CAQ) and was an ANQ Board member 2003-2004, the first term of ANQ. As mentioned by Dr. Kano, Honorary Chairperson, ANQ he was a very influential coordinator and had successfully organized the 1st ANQ Congress in Beijing in 2003. He was actively involved in the early development of ANQ at its foundation period.
Prof. Liu will be remembered for his Ishikawa- Kano Award during the ANQ Congress in Ho Chih Minh in September, 2011. The award was for his great contribution to quality fraternity and quality development in China and in Asia. I met him and discussed briefly with him the awesome development of quality in China. He was a humble and a very knowledgeable quality professional.
On behalf of SQI and ANQ, kindly convey our deepest and heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and everyone in CAQ.
Regards
Kenneth Liang
Chairman SQI
Chairman ANQ
Monday, April 07, 2014 PM 12:46
回覆刪除Dear Dr. Lai,
Please accept my sympathy and condolences. I did not have the privilege of meeting Prof. Liu Yuanzhang, but from what you wrote he seems to be a very gifted and dedicated person.
Hope to see you soon. Please convey my regards to your lovely wife too.
Best regards
Farshad
Mr. Mohammad Farshad Kavehpisheh (Member of the Board, ATEC Consultants)
Iranian Society of Quality Managers (ISQM)
Monday, April 07, 2014 PM 01:03
回覆刪除Dear Mr. Lai,
Please share my condolence with family members of Mr. Liu Yuanzhang.
.....Regards,
Dr. Deepak Kumar
Head Quality - Bharti Foundation
India
7/4/2014 [Mon] 18:22
回覆刪除To : Mr. Jia Fuxing, President of CAQ
Dear Mr. Jia Fuxing,
Please receive our condolences on the fact that Mr. Liu Yuanzhang left us.
We will remember him and we will also remember his great input in development of quality as a science worldwide.
ROQ will appreciate if our condolences will be also transferred to his relatives.
Regards,
On behalf of ROQ
Dr. Prof. Y. Gusakov
1st Vice President
7/4/2014 [Mon] 18:41
回覆刪除Dear Mr Lotto,
Thanks for sharing and paying homage n respect to Quality Leader and Guru Mr. Li Yuanzhang from China.
We do extend our Gratitude and pray all mighty God to give peace and rest to departed soul.
World will remember him for his valuable contribution in QUALITY field.
Thanks n Regards,
DR. SUNDAR KATARIA
CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR
International Certification Services Pvt. Ltd.
Tuesday, April 08, 2014 AM 12:10
回覆刪除Dear Prof.Lotto KH Lai,
We regret to receive very sad news of passing away of Prof.Liu Yuanzhang, Chinese famous expert in the field of quality management. On behalf of National institution for quality & Reliability, India and on my behalf we express our heart felt condolences to the family, friends & colleagues of Prof.Liu Yuanzhang. Kindly forward this message to the family of Prof.Liu Yuanzhang.
With Kind Regards,
Dr.A.Sanjeeva Rao
Tuesday, April 08, 2014 AM 12:48
回覆刪除Dear Mr.JiaFuxing and ANQ colleagues,
Let me on behalf of Kazakh Organization for Quality and Innovation Management (KOQIM) to inform all of you that many quality professionals in Kazakhstanare really sorry to know about the the loss of Mr. Liu Yuanzhang. We would like to express our sincere condolences to his family and relatives.
We know that Mr.Liu made a great contribution to the development of the TQM not only in China but in many Asian countries.
Please let me to express our regret concerning to the loss of Mr. Liu and transmit our condolences to all our Chinese and ANQ friends.
Sincerely,
Dr., Prof.Azat Abdrakhmanov,
President of KOQIM (Kazakhstan)
Tuesday, April 08, 2014 AM 02:09
回覆刪除Dear CAQ and Family's Mr. Liu Yuanzhang,
I am sorely grieved to learn of the death of Mr. Liu Yuanzhang, for whom I had the greatest admiration and regard when I met Prof. Liu Yuanzhang in ANQ 2011 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and he was awarded Ishikawa-Kano Award (IKA) of Asian Network for Quality in 2011.
Please accept my heartfelt sympathy to CAQ and Family's Mr. Liu Yuanzhang.
Thanks and best regards,
Do Nhu Luck.
Vice Chairman,
Vietnam Quality Association of Ho Chi Minh City (VQAH)
Monday, 7 April, 2014 4:39 PM
回覆刪除Subject: Letter of Condolences from KSQM
Dear Mr. Jia Fuxing, CAQ President, and CAQ and ANQ Friends,
We, Korean Society of Quality Management (KSQM), are truly sorry to hear of the loss of Mr. Liu Yuanzhang. Please accept our condolences and may our prayers help comfort you and his family and hasten the journey of his soul to Heaven.
It is well known to us that Mr. Liu is one of the pioneers in Chinese total quality management (TQM) and is known as the father of Chinese quality management. He has made great contributions to the development of Chinese and world modern management science and quality management science.
Death only comes to those who leave no memories; for whose existence was cherished, they will always be alive in the chambers of the heart.
Again, please accept our most sincere sympathies for the loss of our important man.
Sincerely,
Prof. Shin, Wan-Seon, President, KSQM
Prof. Jung, Uk, Chairperson of ANQ relations, KSQM.
Tuesday, April 08, 2014 AM 09:15
回覆刪除Dear Mr. Jia Fuxing, CAQ President and ANQ Friends,
It was a great sorrow to hear about passing away of the late Professor Liu Yuanzhan, the great leader in quality in China.
I remember him as we, IKA members, unanimously recommended him for 2011 IKA recipient for his great contribution
to the development of quality management in the China and the world.
I deeply express my sincere condolences to his family and friends as well as CAQ chairman and members.
With warmest regards,
Yung-Ho SUH
KSQM Advisor
ANQ Honorary Board director
Tuesday, April 08, 2014 PM 04:26
回覆刪除Dear Mr. Jia Fuxing, CAQ President, and CAQ
On be half of JSQC, I would like to express our sincere condolences for the passing away of Mr. Liu Yuanzhan. I am remembering his smile at the Ishikawa-Kano Award ceremony of 2011 ANQ congress for his great contribution in quality. We pray that his soul may rest in peace.
Shu Yamada, JSQC
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Dr. Shu Yamada, Professor
University of Tsukuba
Wednesday, April 09, 2014 AM 01:56
回覆刪除Dear Mr. Jia Fuxing, CAQ President and CAQ members,
On behalf of the Canadian Society for Quality (CSQ), please accept our sincere condolences on the passing of Mr. Liu Yuanzhang. It is a tremendous loss not only to the Chinese engineering and quality community, but to the entire world. Known to the rest of us as the father of quality management in China, we all appreciate his life-long contributions that he made to improve the plight of common mankind.
We pray that his great soul may rest in peace! With warmest regards to his family, all friends and loved ones;
Madhav Sinha
President
Canadian Society for Quality
Wednesday, April 09, 2014 PM 02:46
回覆刪除Subject: Condolence Letter to CAQ
Dear Members of China Association for Quality
It was with great sorrow that we learnt about the sad demise of Mr. Liu Yuanzhang and I would like to extend our deepest condolence to China Association for Quality on behalf of JUSE.
I recall how passionate Mr. Yuanzhang talked about the current situation and the future of quality management in China when I had the honor of meeting him for the last time in November 1999.
Mr. Yuanzhang was widely recognized among Japanese quality experts include Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa as Mr. Yuanzhang actively participated and made presentations in the international quality conferences took place in Japan since 1970. He was literally and truly a Guru of quality management in China.
We sincerely hope that China Association for Quality as well as the people of China engaging in quality management follow in Mr. Yuanzhang’s footsteps to achieve further enhancement and development of QC activity.
Ichiro Kotsuka
Managing Director and Secretary General
JUSE
Wednesday, April 09, 2014 PM 03:02
回覆刪除Dear Mr. Jia Fuxing , CAQ President, and CAQ Friends:
It was very sad to hear about Prof Liu Yuanzhang passed away at age of 89 on the evening of April 3, 2014.
We, Corporate Synergy Development Center(CSD) Taiwan expressed deep condolences to Prof Liu Yuanzhang's family, friends and colleagues
with memory of his great contributions to Quality development in China and in Asia.
Sincerely yours,
Chin-Ho Su 盧秉之
President of Corporate Synergy Development Center
9/4/2014 [Wed] 18:04
回覆刪除Dear Mr. Jia Fuxing, President of CAQ, CAQ and ANQ Friends,
It is very sad to me to be informed that Prof. Liu Yuanzhang passed away on April 3, 2014 in Beijing at the age of 89.
The passed away of Prof. Liu is a great loss to both the people of cross-strait, as well as the people in Asia.
I am so sorry that I never had chance to meet Prof. Liu, but I knew his name from Juran's Quality Handbook almost 15 years ago, because Prof. Liu was one of the authors of the Handbook.
Chinese Society for Quality ( CSQ ) of Chinese Taipei had invited Prof. Liu to visit CSQ and Taiwan two times, but it was not successful due to his health condition.
Please accept our sincere deep condolences to Prof. Liu's family as well as CAQ friends with memory of his great contributions to Chinese people's life quality and China's national progress.
Sincerely yours,
Chih-Han Wang ( 王治翰 )
Honorary Board Director,
Asian Network for Quality
April 7 at 11:19pm (Facebook)
回覆刪除林公孚: 劉源張院士是兩岸三地品質人共同敬重的品質實踐家，在台灣他有許多粉絲和朋友。
他非常關心台灣的品質發展狀況，寄給他的＜向会友和品质同道报告＞，都會認真閱讀。
今年二月，他在回信中告訴我將有台灣之行，但時程未定，到時會到學會和我們會面，這個訊息讓我們感到興奮。
想不到上帝先行召喚，令人唏噓！
Thursday, April 10, 2014 PM 12:32
回覆刪除Dear Mr. Jia Fuxing, CAQ President, and CAQ friends
It is with great sorrow that we have heard the sad news of the passing of Mr. Liu Yuanzhan, Father of Quality in China.
We are certain that his passing must be a great loss to all of us, as he has devoted his all enthusiasm for promoting quality practice and had made so much contribution to quality development in China and Asia.
On behalf of Japanese Society for Quality Control, I tender deepest sympathy and condolences to you and your colleagues.
Yours sincerely,
Takeshi Nakajo
President of Japanese Society for Quality Control (JSQC)