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Qian Zhengying
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钱正英
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President of the Red Cross Society of China | |||||||
In office April 1994 – October 1999 |
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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 |
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Chairperson | Li Xiannian Li Ruihuan |
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Minister of Water Resources | |||||||
In office April 1974 – March 1988 |
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Premier | Zhou Enlai Hua Guofeng Zhao Ziyang Li Peng |
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Preceded by | Zhang Wenbi | ||||||
Succeeded by | Yang Zhenhuai | ||||||
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Born | Shanghai, China |
4 July 1923||||||
Died | 22 October 2022 | (aged 99)||||||
Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
Spouse | Huang Xinbai | ||||||
Alma mater | Utopia University | ||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 钱正英 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 錢正英 | ||||||
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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.