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Qian Zhengying
钱正英
President of the Red Cross Society of China
In office
April 1994 – October 1999
Preceded by Chen Minzhang
Succeeded by Peng Peiyun
Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office
11 April 1988 – 4 March 2003
Chairperson Li Xiannian
Li Ruihuan
Minister of Water Resources
In office
April 1974 – March 1988
Premier Zhou Enlai
Hua Guofeng
Zhao Ziyang
Li Peng
Preceded by Zhang Wenbi [zh]
Succeeded by Yang Zhenhuai [zh]
Personal details
Born (1923-07-04)4 July 1923
Shanghai, China
Died 22 October 2022(2022-10-22) (aged 99)
Political party Chinese Communist Party
Spouse Huang Xinbai [zh]
Alma mater Utopia University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Qián Zhèngyīng

Qian Zhengying (Chinese: 钱正英; 4 July 1923 – 22 October 2022) was a Chinese hydrologist and politician.

Biography

She was born in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province. Her father trained as an engineer in the United States before returning to China; some sources report that Qian was born in the United States. She trained as a civil engineer at Utopia University. Qian joined the Communist Party of China in 1941. She worked with the Red Army in northern China and was involved in projects on the Huai and Yellow Rivers. In 1949, she was vice-director of the Water Conservancy Department of the East China Political and Military Commission and Vice-Director of the Project Department for the Huaihe River Commission. From 1950 to 1952, she was president of East China Technical University of Water Resources (now Hohai University).

She was a member of the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Qian was also vice-minister and then Minister of Water Resources. She served as Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference for the 7th, 8th and 9th national committees. In 1994, she was elected the sixth president of the Red Cross Society of China. In 1997, she was elected academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and, in 1998, received the Technology Engineering of China prize.

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