Qian Sanqiang
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Qian Sanqiang (Chinese: 钱三强) (1913-1992) was a Chinese nuclear physicist.
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A native of Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, Qian was born in Shaoxing. His father is Qian Xuantong. After graduating from the Tsinghua University, he went for France in 1937. He studied in Collège de Sorbonne and Collège de France, doing research under Frédéric Joliot-Curie and Irène Joliot-Curie. He returned to China in 1948.
In 1954 he joined the Communist Party of China. He served successively as Director of the Institute of Modern Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Vice-Minister of the No. 2 Ministry of the Machine-building Industry, Vice-President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and honorary Chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology.
Qian made outstanding contributions to the establishment of nuclear science in the People's Republic of China and to the development of PRC's atomic and hydrogen bombs.
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| Preceded by Chen Weida |
President of Zhejiang University 1979 – 1982 |
Succeeded by Yang Shilin |
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