Li Huanying (Chinese: 李桓英; pinyin: Lǐhuányīng; August 17, 1921 – November 25, 2022) was a Chinese physician at Beijing Friendship Hospital of Capital Medical University. She was also a researcher at the Beijing Institute of Tropical Medicine. She is well known internationally for her expertise in leprosy.[1]
She was awarded the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the First China Leprosy Prevention and Treatment Award. She was honored with the title of "The Most Beautiful Struggler" in 2019 and was selected as one of the "Three 100 Outstanding People" in 2021. On August 20, 2021, the government awarded her the title of "Model of the Times".
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