Zheng Shouren

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Zheng Shouren
郑守仁
Born(1940-01-30)January 30, 1940
DiedJuly 24, 2020(2020-07-24) (aged 80)
Wuhan, Hubei, China
Alma materHohai University
Scientific career
FieldsHydraulic and Hydro-Power Engineering
InstitutionsYangtze River Water Conservancy Commission
Chinese name
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhèng Shǒurén

Zheng Shouren (

Communist Party of China
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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.

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References

  1. ^ “工地院士”郑守仁逝世,他用一生守护三峡大坝. Sina (in Chinese). 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  2. ^ Li Siyuan (李思远); Xiong Qi (熊琦) (25 July 2020). 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 (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  3. ^ Shan Xin (10 July 2017). "Chinese designer of Three Georges Dam receives ICOLD award". people.cn. Retrieved 25 July 2020.