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Zheng Shouren
Native Name:郑守仁
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Date:30 January 1940
Birth Place:Yingshang County, Anhui, China
Death Place:Wuhan, Hubei, China
Fields:Hydraulic and Hydro-Power Engineering
Workplaces:Yangtze River Water Conservancy Commission
Alma Mater:Hohai University
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Zheng Shouren (; January 30, 1940 – July 24, 2020) was a Chinese engineer and chief designer of the Three Gorges Dam.[1] He had been engaged in the planning and design of the Yangtze River Basin and major water conservancy projects for a long time and had published more than 60 papers and 4 books.

Biography

Zheng was born in Yingshang County, Anhui, on January 30, 1940. After graduating from East China University of Water Resources (now Hohai University) in September 1963, he was assigned to the Yangtze River Basin Planning Office, where he was promoted to deputy chief engineer in 1991 and to chief engineer in 1994. He was chief designer of the Three Gorges Dam. He died of illness in Wuhan, Hubei, on July 24, 2020.[2]

Contributions

He successively participated in the designs of Lushui Hydropower Project of Hubei, Wujiangdu Hydropower Project of Guizhou and Yangtze River Gezhouba Hydropower project, and took responsibilities for diversion design of the Wujiangdu as well as river closure design and cofferdam design of the Gezhouba Dam. He also joined and took charge of the designs of Qingjiang Geheyan Hydropower Project and Three Gorges Dam.

Works

Honours and awards

Notes and References

  1. News: https://tech.sina.com.cn/d/v/2020-07-25/doc-iivhvpwx7371474.shtml . zh:“工地院士”郑守仁逝世，他用一生守护三峡大坝 . zh:中國科學報 . Sina . 25 July 2020 . 25 July 2020 . zh.
  2. News: Li Siyuan (Chinese: 李思远). Xiong Qi (Chinese: 熊琦). https://new.qq.com/omn/20200725/20200725A03Q8X00.html . zh:悲痛！被人称为“工地院士”的三峡水利枢纽工程设计总工程师郑守仁院士逝世 . qq.com . 25 July 2020 . 25 July 2020 . zh.
  3. Web site: zh:郑守仁事迹简介. http://www.mwr.gov.cn/ztpd/2020ztbd/dejzmslrsjzb/dejzmslrsj/zsr/202003/t20200320_1392923.html. 2020-07-24. Wei Yongjing (魏永静). 2020-03-16. 中华人民共和国水利部. zh. 2020-07-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20200724145042/http://www.mwr.gov.cn/ztpd/2020ztbd/dejzmslrsjzb/dejzmslrsj/zsr/202003/t20200320_1392923.html. dmy.
  4. News: Shan Xin . 10 July 2017 . Chinese designer of Three Georges Dam receives ICOLD award . 25 July 2020 . People's Daily.

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