Xu Qinan (; born 4 March 1936) is a Chinese engineer and general designer of deep-sea research submersible
Jiaolong. He is an academician of the
Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).
Biography
Xu was born in
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...
, on March 4, 1936, while his
ancestral home is in
Zhenhai District
Zhenhai is a district and former county of the sub-provincial city of Ningbo in Zhejiang Province in eastern China. It has a population of 200,000.
History
The town of Zhenhai grew up at the foot of Zhaobao Hill on a tongue of land at the mo ...
of
Ningbo
Ningbo (; Ningbonese: ''gnin² poq⁷'' , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly romanized as Ningpo, is a major sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises 6 urban districts, 2 sate ...
,
Zhejiang
Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...
.
After graduating from
Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1958, he was assigned to the
China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation.
He was elected an academician of the
Chinese Academy of Engineering on December 19, 2013.
Personal life
Xu married Fang Zhifen (), their children and grandchildren live in the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
.
Awards
* First Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award
* Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award
* Science and Technology Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Xu, Qinan
1936 births
Living people
Engineers from Shanghai
Shanghai Jiao Tong University alumni
Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
Chinese naval architects