Pu Shouchang

Pu Shouchang

Pu Shouchang (浦寿昌）, born in 1922, is one of the main founders of the Translators Association of China (TAC). He is the former secretary of the premier of the State Council, deputy director of the Policy Research Office, vice minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and adviser at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

As the vice president of the 1st and 2nd TAC Councils, he played an important role during the consecutive four Councils. While serving as an authority figure of the association, he dedicated himself to building the organization and fostering more academic exchanges. He promoted the establishment of the Committee of Foreign Affairs Translation and served as its first director.

In 1987, Pu, for the first time in China, led a delegation to the FIT World Congress, during which China became a member state. This laid the foundation for the TAC's future international exchanges.

He received the Outstanding Contribution to Translation Industry Award at the Second National Translation Conference in Beijing on Dec. 6, 2012.