Description:
(Chinese economist and linguist) Best remembered for creating a new writing system that allows Mandarin to be written in Roman alphabets, Chinese economist Zhou Youguang started working on the project in 1955, reaching his goal after three years of labor. Known as Father of Pinyin, he has also authored forty books, most notable among them being The Historical Evolution of Chinese Languages and Scripts.
Overview
Birthday
January 13, 1906 (Capricorn)
Born InChangzhou, Jiangsu, Qing dynasty Qing Empire
