Qian Qihu (; born October 1937) is a Chinese military engineer. He is a member of the

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and winner of the

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Biography

Qian was born in October 1937 in

Kunshan Kunshan is a county-level city in southeastern Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu province with Shanghai bordering its eastern border and Suzhou on its western boundary. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Suzhou. Name Th ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

, after the

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occupied

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. He enlisted in the

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in 1954 and joined the

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in 1956. After graduating from the PLA Military Institute of Engineering (now

National University of Defense Technology The National University of Defense Technology (NUDT; ) is a national public research university headquartered in Kaifu, Changsha, Hunan, China. It is affiliated with the Central Military Commission. The university is part of Project 211, ...

) in 1960, he was sent abroad to study at the Gubischev Military Engineering Institute in Moscow at the expense of the Chinese government. When he returned to China he became a teacher at the PLA Engineering Corps Institute. Qian was elected a fellow

in 1994. Qian attained the rank of major general ( shaojiang) in 1988. In 1993, he was elected a member of the 8th National Committee of the

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. He was a delegate to the

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. In 2003, he was elected director-general of the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics & Engineering (CSRME) and vice-president of the

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(ISRM). On January 8, 2019, he was awarded the

, China's top science award, at the

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. In 2020, Qian became a laureate of the

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by the ''

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''. On 27 July 2022, he was awarded the

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Personal life

Qian married Yuan Hui ().

Awards

* 1987 First Prize of the National Civil Air Defense Science and Technology Progress Award * 1990 Third Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award * 1998 Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award * 2011 First Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award * 2013 Science and Technology Award of the

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* 2019

* 2022

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Qian, Qihu 1937 births Living people Scientists from Suzhou National University of Defense Technology alumni Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering People's Liberation Army generals from Jiangsu Engineers from Jiangsu People from Kunshan Highest Science and Technology Award winners