Wen Fubo | |
Native Name: | 文伏波 |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Birth Date: | 4 August 1925 |
Birth Place: | Taojiang County, Hunan, China |
Death Place: | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Fields: | Water conservation |
Workplaces: | Yangtze River Water Resources Commission |
Alma Mater: | National Central University |
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Children: | 3 |
Wen Fubo (; 4 August 1925 – 28 October 2020) was a Chinese engineer specialized in water conservation.[1]
Wen was born in Taojiang County, Hunan, on 4 August 1925. In October 1943, he entered National Central University, where he majored in water conservation. In 1944, he joined the Chinese Expeditionary Force. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in January 1949. After a brief term in the government, he worked at the Nanjing Yangtze River Water Conservancy Bureau in October 1949. In January 1950, he became an official at the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission, where he was promoted to its director in January 1986. He was design team leader of Danjiangkou Water Control Project and Gezhouba Water Control Project. He retired in July 2018. On 28 October 2020, he died of illness in Wuhan, Hubei, at the age of 95.[2]
Wen had three children.[3]