# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cheng-kaijia
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:44:21.187Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cheng-kaijia"
name: "Cheng Kaijia"
slug: "cheng-kaijia"
description: "Cheng Kaijia, also known as Kai Chia Cheng, was a Chinese nuclear engineer and nuclear physicist. He was a pioneer and key figure in Chinese nuclear weapon development. He is known as one of the founding fathers of Two Bombs, One Satellite."
tagline: "Chinese physicist (1918-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E5%B9%B4%E8%BD%BB%E7%A8%8B%E5%BC%80%E7%94%B2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1918-08-03"
deathDate: "2018-11-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.16062133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheng_Kaijia"
    title: "Cheng Kaijia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheng_Kaijia"
    title: "Cheng Kaijia"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheng_Kaijia"
    title: "Cheng Kaijia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چنگ کایجیا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cheng Kaijia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A8%8B%E9%96%8B%E7%94%B2"
    title: "程開甲"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cheng Kaijia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheng_Kaijia"
    title: "Cheng Kaijia"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump