King" of Malaysia and is currently ranked the richest man in South-East Asia whereas Liem Sioe Liong (Sudono Salim) who was of Hockchia origin, was once the richest man in Indonesia, controlling a vast empire in the industry of flour, cement and food manufacturing. United States Fuzhounese people first started immigrating to America during the late Qing dynasty. Some of these immigrants were students who, after completing their studies returned to back to their fatherland (Fuzhou). However, after the USA passed the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, immigration from China to the USA stopped for nearly a century. Only in 1980s with the China-USA détente and subsequent reform and opening, a wave of Fuzhounese settled in America. These new Fuzhounese immigrants set up their own separated communities such as "Little Fuzhou" in Manhattan. Notable Fuzhou people Scientists, mathematicians and inventors Chen Jingrun, a widely known mathematician who invented Chen's theorem and Chen prime. Yan Fu, a Chinese scholar and translator, best known for introducing western ideas such as Darwinian evolution. Chih-Tang Sah, Graduate Research Professor at the University of Florida, USA from 1988. Professor of Physics and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Hou Debang, a chemical engineer. Hsien Wu, a Chinese protein scientist who was the first to propose that protein denaturation was a purely conformational change, corresponded to protein unfolding and not to some chemical alteration of the protein. Ray Wu, (born in Beijing) his son; A Chinese-American geneticist and pioneer of plant genetic engineering Zhang Yuzhe, a Chinese astronomer who is widely regarded as the father of modern Chinese astronomy. Chia-Chiao Lin, a mathematician and Institute Professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tung-Yen Lin, a structural engineer who was the pioneer of standardizing the use of prestressed concrete. Deng Xuquan, a scientist specialising in microbiology, he served in many universities as both a researcher and lecturer. Wang Shizhen, Father of Chinese nuclear medicine. Wu Mengchao, widely considered to be the Father of Chinese Hepatobiliary Surgery, for his achievements he was awarded China's highest scientific prize in 2005 by President Hu Jintao. Guo Kexin, an important Chinese physicist, metallurgist and crystallographer who is considered as the main pioneer of electron microscopy of China. Liu Yingming, a mathematician and academician. Sun Shensu, a geochemist and PhD holder from the Columbian University (1973). Chen Zhangliang, a Chinese biologist, elected as vice-governor of Guangxi in 2007. Min Zhuo, a famous