He Lin (; born 11 November 1957) is a Chinese engineer, a major general ('' shaojiang'') of the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four Military branch, services—People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ground Force, People's ...

(PLA), and an academician of the

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Biography

He was born in

Xi'an Xi'an is the list of capitals in China, capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populou ...

Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...

, on 11 November 1957, while his

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Xichong County Xichong County () is a county in the northeast of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nanchong.Xichong County Construction History Fengkou Scenery Overview Xichong County CPPCC Cultural and Histor ...

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. He attended

Xi'an University of Science and Technology Xi'an is the capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populous city in Northwestern C ...

, graduating in 1981 with a bachelor's degree in engineering mechanics. He went on to receive his master's degree in marine engineering in 1984 at the Naval University of Engineering. After university, he stayed at the university and worked successively as an assistant, lecturer, associate professor, professor, and doctoral supervisor. He joined the Communist Party in May 1987. In December 1997, he was promoted to dean of its Naval Ship Vibration and Noise Research Institute.

Honours and awards

* 2009 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) * 2012 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) * 2013 Science and Technology Progress Award of the

Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation The Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation (HLHL, ) is a Hong Kong–based non-government organisation which annually bestows prizes upon Chinese scientists. It was established on 30 March 1994, with funds donated from the charitable foundations of Ho Sin ...

* November 27, 2017 Member of the

(CAE)

References

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