Xu Zhihong
Xu Zhihong is a Chinese botanist and former President of Peking University. He is a former Vice-President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2009, Zhihong was conferred upon the award of Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam in recognition of his services to Pakistan. Asteroid 90826 Xuzhihong, discovered by the Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program in 1995, was named in his honor. The official was published by the Minor Planet Center on 4 October 2009.
