| Office1: | President of the Red Cross Society of China | ||||||
| Term Start1: | April 1994 | ||||||
| Term End1: | October 1999 | ||||||
| Predecessor1: | Chen Minzhang | ||||||
| Successor1: | Peng Peiyun | ||||||
| Office2: | Vice Chairwoman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | ||||||
| Term Start2: | 27 March 1993 | ||||||
| Term End2: | 13 March 2003 | ||||||
| 1Blankname2: | Chairperson | ||||||
| 1Namedata2: | Li Xiannian Li Ruihuan | ||||||
| Office3: | Minister of Water Resources and Electric Power | ||||||
| Term Start3: | 8 March 1982 | ||||||
| Term End3: | March 1988 | ||||||
| Premier3: | Zhao Ziyang Li Peng | ||||||
| Predecessor3: | Herself | ||||||
| Term Start4: | April 1974 | ||||||
| Term End4: | 23 February 1979 | ||||||
| Premier4: | Zhou Enlai Hua Guofeng | ||||||
| Successor4: | Herself | ||||||
| Office5: | Minister of Water Resources | ||||||
| Term Start5: | 23 February 1979 | ||||||
| Term End5: | 8 March 1982 | ||||||
| Premier5: | Hua Guofeng Zhao Ziyang | ||||||
| Predecessor5: | Herself | ||||||
| Successor5: | Herself | ||||||
| Qian Zhengying | |||||||
| Native Name: | 钱正英 | ||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||
| Birth Date: | 4 July 1923 | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Shanghai, China | ||||||
| Death Place: | Beijing, China | ||||||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma Mater: | Utopia University | ||||||
| Signature: | Signature of Qian Zhengying, September 28, 1985.jpg | ||||||
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Qian Zhengying (; 4 July 1923 – 22 October 2022)[1] was a Chinese hydrologist and politician.
She was born in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province.[2] Her father trained as an engineer in the United States before returning to China; some sources report that Qian was born in the United States.[3] She trained as a civil engineer at Utopia University. Qian joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1941.[2] She worked with the Red Army in northern China and was involved in projects on the Huai and Yellow Rivers.[4] In 1949, she was vice-director of the Water Conservancy Department of the East China Political and Military Commission and Vice-Director of the Project Department for the Huaihe River Commission. From 1950 to 1952, she was president of East China Technical University of Water Resources (now Hohai University).[5]
She was a member of the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Qian was also vice-minister and then Minister of Water Resources. She served as Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference for the 7th, 8th and 9th national committees. In 1994, she was elected the sixth president of the Red Cross Society of China. In 1997, she was elected academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and, in 1998, received the Technology Engineering of China prize.[6]