| Qian Qihu | |||||
| Native Name: | 钱七虎 | ||||
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| Birth Place: | Kunshan, Jiangsu, China | ||||
| Fields: | Protection engineering | ||||
| Workplaces: | Chinese Academy of Engineering | ||||
| Alma Mater: | PLA Military Institute of Engineering Gubischev Military Engineering Institute | ||||
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| Awards: | Highest Science and Technology Award (2019) | ||||
| Spouse: | Yuan Hui | ||||
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Qian Qihu (; born October 1937) is a Chinese military engineer. He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering[1] and winner of the Highest Science and Technology Award.
Qian was born in October 1937 in Kunshan, Jiangsu, after the Imperial Japanese Army occupied Shanghai.[2] He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army in 1954 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1956. After graduating from the PLA Military Institute of Engineering (now National University of Defense Technology) 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.[3]
Qian was elected a fellow Chinese Academy of Engineering 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 Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was a delegate to the 12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
In 2003 he was elected director-general of the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics & Engineering (CSRME) and vice-president of the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM).
On January 8, 2019, he was awarded the Highest Science and Technology Award, China's top science award, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.[4] [5]
On 27 July 2022, he was awarded the August 1 Medal.[6]
Qian married Yuan Hui .[7]