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Zheng Shouren
郑守仁
Born (1940-01-30)January 30, 1940
Yingshang County, Anhui, China
Died July 24, 2020(2020-07-24) (aged 80)
Wuhan, Hubei, China
Alma mater Hohai University
Scientific career
Fields Hydraulic and Hydro-Power Engineering
Institutions Yangtze River Water Conservancy Commission
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 鄭守仁
Simplified Chinese 郑守仁

Zheng Shouren (Chinese: 郑守仁; pinyin: Zhèng Shǒurén; January 30, 1940 – July 24, 2020) was a Chinese engineer and chief designer of the Three Gorges Dam. He had been engaged in the planning and design of the Yangtze River Basin and major water conservancy projects for a long time and had published more than 60 papers and 4 books. He was a member of the Communist Party of China.

Biography

Zheng was born in Yingshang County, Anhui, on January 30, 1940. After graduating from East China University of Water Resources (now Hohai University) in September 1963, he was assigned to the Yangtze River Basin Planning Office, where he was promoted to deputy chief engineer in 1991 and to chief engineer in 1994. He was chief designer of the Three Gorges Dam. He died of illness in Wuhan, Hubei, on July 24, 2020.

Contributions

He successively participated in the designs of Lushui Hydropower Project of Hubei, Wujiangdu Hydropower Project of Guizhou and Yangtze River Gezhouba Hydropower project, and took responsibilities for diversion design of the Wujiangdu as well as river closure design and cofferdam design of the Gezhouba Dam. He also joined and took charge of the designs of Qingjiang Geheyan Hydropower Project and Three Gorges Dam.

Works

  • Zheng Shouren; Zhong Zhiyu; Zou Qiang; Ding Yi; Yang Lin; Luo Xue (2020). Flood Resources Utilization in the Yangtze River Basin. ISBN 9789811581076.
  • (in zh). Wuhan, Hubei: Yangtze River Publishing House. 2017. ISBN 9787549252749.
  • (in zh). Wuhan, Hubei: Yangtze River Publishing House. 2014. ISBN 9787549226917.
  • (in zh). Wuhan, Hubei: Hubei Science and Technology Press. 2016. ISBN 9787535283481.
  • (in zh). Wuhan, Hubei: Yangtze River Publishing House. 2010. ISBN 9787807082569.
  • (in zh). Wuhan, Hubei: Yangtze River Publishing House. 2000. ISBN 9787549202171.
  • (in zh). Wuhan, Hubei: Yangtze River Publishing House. 2000. ISBN 9787549200412.
  • (in zh). Wuhan, Hubei: Hubei Science and Technology Press. 2000. ISBN 9787535239976.
  • (in zh). Wuhan, Hubei: Yangtze River Publishing House. 2000. ISBN 9787549202218.
  • (in zh). Wuhan, Hubei: Yangtze River Publishing House. 2015. ISBN 9787549239115.
  • (in zh). Wuhan, Hubei: Yangtze River Publishing House. 2010. ISBN 9787549202188.
  • (in zh). Wuhan, Hubei: Yangtze River Publishing House. 2010. ISBN 9787549202157.
  • (in zh). Wuhan, Hubei: Yangtze River Publishing House. 2000. ISBN 9787549202164.
  • (in zh). Wuhan, Hubei: Yangtze River Publishing House. 2010. ISBN 9787807089438.

Honours and awards

  • 1997 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)
  • 1997 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class)
  • 2004 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation
  • 2017 ICOLD Award
  • 2019 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Special Award)
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